{"id":15277,"date":"2025-04-18T04:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/?post_type=talba-bis-salmi&p=15277"},"modified":"2025-04-15T18:21:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:21:41","slug":"my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me","status":"publish","type":"talba-bis-salmi","link":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me\/","title":{"rendered":"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Office of the Reading, Friday 18th April 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 22:2-23
<\/strong>God hears the suffering of his Holy One<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus cried with a loud voice: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?<\/em> (Matthew 27:46).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? *
You are far from my plea and the cry of my distress.
O my God, I call by day and you give no reply; *
I call by night and I find no peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet you, O God, are holy, *
enthroned on the praises of Israel.
In you our fathers put their trust; *
they trusted and you set them free.
When they cried to you, they escaped. *
In you they trusted and never in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I am a worm and no man, *
scorned by men, despised by the people.
All who see me deride me. *
They curl their lips, they toss their heads.
\u201cHe trusted in the Lord, let him save him; *
let him release him if this is his friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it was you who took me from the womb, *
entrusted me to my mother\u2019s breast.
To you I was committed from my birth, *
from my mother\u2019s womb you have been my God.
Do not leave me alone in my distress; *
come close, there is none else to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many bulls have surrounded me, *
fierce bulls of Bashan close me in.
Against me they open wide their jaws, *
like lions, rending and roaring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like water I am poured out, *
disjointed are all my bones.
My heart has become like wax, *
it is melted within my breast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parched as burnt clay is my throat, *
my tongue cleaves to my jaws.
Many dogs have surrounded me, *
a band of the wicked beset me.
They tear holes in my hands and my feet *
and lay me in the dust of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can count every one of my bones. *
These people stare at me and gloat;
they divide my clothing among them. *
They cast lots for my robe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O Lord, do not leave me alone, *
my strength, make haste to help me!
Rescue my soul from the sword, *
my life from the grip of these dogs.
Save my life from the jaws of these lions, *
my poor soul from the horns of these oxen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will tell of your name to my brethren *
and praise you where they are assembled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, *
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, *
and will be for ever. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15275,"template":"","rizors":[],"yoast_head":"\nMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me? - Behold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? - Behold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Office of the Reading, Friday 18th April 2025 Psalm 22:2-23God hears the suffering of his Holy One Jesus cried with a loud voice: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46). My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? *You are far from my plea and the cry of my distress... 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