Father Why Have You Forsaken Me
Be not far from me for trouble is near.
Father why have you forsaken me. He had never known what the dark was till then. Psalm 42 1 2 to the chief musician maschil for the sons of korah. Why are you so far from helping me and from the words of my roaring. Now one very important fact to remember is that these words are the exact first words of psalm 22.
My god my god why have you forsaken me i remember also that our blessed lord had lived in unbroken fellowship with god and to be forsaken was a new grief to him. First of all jesus quoted psalm 22 1 which begins with my god my god why have you forsaken me jesus quoted this psalm in order to draw attention to it and the fact that he was fulfilling it there on the cross. Consider verses 11 18 in psalm 22. This phrase is the opening line of psalm 22 a psalm about persecution the mercy and salvation of god.
Which means my god my god why have you forsaken me hebrews 5 7 during the days of jesus earthly life he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death and he was heard because of his reverence. Psalm 22 16 for dogs have compassed me. For there is none to help 12 many bulls have surrounded me. So when jesus cried out why have you forsaken me it was because he was experiencing a brokenness in his relationship with god the father that they had never before experienced.
There is another possible reason for jesus to cry out my god my god why have you forsaken me it could be that jesus intent in quoting psalm 22 1 was to point his hearers to that psalm. The assembly of the wicked have inclosed me. The saying my god my god why have you forsaken me is generally given in transliterated aramaic with a translation originally in greek after it. The greek word for forsaksen is enkataleipo which means to to leave to abandon or to leave behind in what sense did god the father leave christ.
When they read psalm 22 they would no doubt see the many fulfilled prophecies included in that song of david. They pierced my hands and my feet. Eli eli lema sabachthani the aramaic form that is my god my god why have you forsaken me matthew 27 46. It was common for people at this time to reference songs by quoting their first lines.
Strong bulls of bashan have encircled me.