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Psalm 22
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<p>Psalm 22 of the <a href="/facts/Book_of_Psalms/QbfaqRCY">Book of Psalms</a> (the hind of the dawn) or My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? is a <a href="/facts/Psalm/QbfaqRCY">psalm</a> in the <a href="/facts/Bible/SqkRTKCh">Bible</a>. </p><p>The Book of Psalms is part of the <a href="/facts/Ketuvim/V6hEXuDP">third section</a> of the <a href="/facts/Tanakh/04qRIX0c">Tanakh</a>, and a book of the <a href="/facts/Old_Testament/YFNzQVcK">Old Testament</a> of the <a href="/facts/Bible/SqkRTKCh">Bible</a>. In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek <a href="/facts/Septuagint/jGpbyr2n">Septuagint</a> and Latin <a href="/facts/Vulgate/RCVJAlJE">Vulgate</a> translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 21. In Latin, it is known as <i>Deus, Deus meus</i>. </p><p>The psalm forms a regular part of <a href="/facts/Jewish_history/KasvajCe">Jewish</a>, <a href="/facts/Eastern_Orthodox_Church/5n20Akh5">Orthodox</a>, <a href="/facts/Catholic_Church/rJ4F4gqH">Catholic</a>, <a href="/facts/Anglicanism/CDICRNVn">Anglican</a> and <a href="/facts/Lutheran/L4pMlRcS">Lutheran</a> liturgies in addition to <a href="/facts/Protestant/NXja4K3g">Protestant</a> psalmody. </p>