Verse 2

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Far from saving me, from the words of my groaning.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 18:7 : 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay in helping them?
  • Ps 88:1 : 1 A song, a psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief musician. According to Mahalath Leannoth, a contemplative poem of Heman the Ezrahite.
  • Ps 42:3 : 3 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
  • Ps 55:16-17 : 16 May death seize them suddenly; let them go down alive into Sheol, for evil is in their dwelling and within them. 17 But I call to God, and the Lord will save me.
  • Ps 80:4 : 4 God, restore us! Make your face shine upon us so that we may be saved.
  • Lam 3:8 : 8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
  • Lam 3:44 : 44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
  • Matt 26:44 : 44 So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.
  • Luke 6:12 : 12 During those days, Jesus went out to a mountain to pray, and He spent the entire night praying to God.
  • Luke 22:41-46 : 41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw away from them, knelt down, and began to pray. 42 He said, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will, but yours be done." 43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. 45 When he rose from prayer and came to his disciples, he found them asleep, overwhelmed with sorrow. 46 He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray, so that you will not fall into temptation."
  • 1 Thess 3:10 : 10 Night and day we pray earnestly that we may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith.
  • 2 Tim 1:3 : 3 I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.