Lyrics
Based on Psalm 22
Music: Irish Melody- Kingsfold
[Key: Db Minor]
Verse 1
My God, my God,
O why have You forsaken me?
O why are You so far from giving help
And from my groaning cry?
By day and night, my God, I call;
Your answer still delays.
And yet You are the Holy One
Who dwells in Israel's praise.
Verse 2
Our fathers put their trust in You;
From You their rescue came.
They begged You and You set them free;
They were not put to shame.
But as for me, I am a worm
And not a man at all.
To men I am despised and base;
Their scornings on me fall.
Verse 3
All those who look at me will
Laugh and cast reproach at me.
Their mouths they open wide;
They wag their heads in mockery:
"The Lord was his reliance once;
Now see what God will send.
Yes, let God rise and set him free,
This man that was His friend."
Verse 4
You took me from my mother’s womb
To safety at the breast.
Since birth when I was cast on You,
In You, my God, I rest.
When I proclaim my praise of You,
Then all the church will hear,
And I will pay my vows in full
Where men hold Him in fear.