Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Forsaken » The righteous apparently
Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud [agonized] voice, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
But Zion (Jerusalem in captivity) said, “The Lord has abandoned me,
And my Lord has forgotten me.”
“For a brief moment I abandoned you,
But with great compassion and mercy I will gather you [to Myself again].
The promises of God » Saints » Sometimes, through infirmity, tempted to doubt
And I said, “This is my grief,
That the right hand of the Most High has changed [and His lovingkindness is withheld].”