My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Cultural  

1. Words beginning the Twenty-second Psalm. According to the Gospels, Jesus spoke these words during the Crucifixion, after he had suffered on the cross for three hours.

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Example Sentences

The first speaker, the Rev. Jerry Uppling, began his invocation with Psalm 22: "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the hill was caped in darkness, and the crucified man cried out, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

From Time Magazine Archive

And let us remember the cry, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

Jasper Very looked down on the senseless form of his beloved, and cried out in the bitter agony of his soul: "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

From The Kentucky Ranger by Curnick, Edward T.

"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" that is the cry of Jesus on the cross.

From The Jesus of History by Glover, T. R.