Psalm 22 | Forsaken Me (MSAL)

Lyrics and Music by Jody Killingsworth

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my deliverer is my prayer
All day long I cry but You don’t answer me
In the night I groan but You’re not there

Holy One enthroned upon Your people’s praise
You have always been our fathers’ trust
They would cry for help to You in troubled days
You’d arise and raise them from the dust

Now I know that I’m a worm and not a man
Those who pass by me avert their eyes
Even now my friends dismiss me out of hand
I’ve become a fool to be despised

None can look upon me but to scoff and sneer
Cursing through their teeth I hear them say
“He who trusts in God, let his God interfere
Let us see Him love His Son today!”

You it was who brought me from my mother’s womb
Made me trust in You upon her breast
Was it only so that I’d go in the tomb?
God, I hope that I can pass the test

Be not far from me, my LORD
Can’t you hear the lions roar?
Bashan’s bulls stand all around
I’m poured like water out on the ground

I’m out of joint, I’m short of breath
My mouth can taste the dust of death
My heart’s like wax, my body’s beat
They’ve pierced me through my hands and feet

And for my clothes they roll the dice
My God, my God, I’ve paid the price!
A bruised and broken pot of clay
I need You, LORD, do not delay
Will I live to see another day?

I’ll tell Your name to my brethren
When we are met in Your house once again
I’ll lift it high up to heaven
Let Israel stand full of awe before Him

God will not hide from the broken
Nor turn His back when they cry out for grace
I’ll pay the vows I have spoken
Before them there when I stood in His place

He fills the poor up contented
Their bellies warm and their hearts beat anew
Come, all you tired and tormented
Worship the LORD who’s been gracious to you
Worship the LORD who’s been gracious to you

Our God is ruler of the nations
Go tell the poor, tell their princes and their kings
Tell to the children of all future generations
He is God and He has done amazing things
(x2)

Our God is ruler of the nations
Go tell the poor, tell their princes and their kings
Tell to the children of all future generations
He is God and He has done amazing things

Let’s tell the children of all future generations
He is God and He has done amazing things