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

And it was Jesus, in the agony on the cross, who cried out, “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?”

From New York Times

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

From The New Yorker

And when the dying Christ cried, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” the piercing words seemed to drive through to my heart and make me feel alone and lost in a dying universe.

From Literature

Rather, he wanted the paintings to capture the fundamental emotional and philosophical essence of the Passion, the despairing question that Jesus asks just before his death: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”

From Washington Post

In Matthew, Jesus has less foreknowledge: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”

From The New Yorker