PSALM 22:1-15
METER: 76 76 D
SUGGESTED TUNE: PASSION CHORALE
This is the meter for the hymn "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded"
1. My God, why have you left me?
Why do my cries not help?
I cry by day--no answer--
And night--but get no rest.
But you, O Lord, are holy,
Enthroned on Israel's praise.
In you our forebears trusted
And you delivered them.
2. They cried to you, you saved them;
You did not fail their trust.
But I'm a worm, not human,
Scorned and despised by all.
All who look at me taunt me,
They laugh and shake their heads.
"He trusted God, let God save,
For he delights in him."
3. Yet from the womb you brought me,
A babe, you kept me safe.
From birth I've trusted in you;
You've always been my God.
O do not go far from me;
In trouble I'm alone.
My foes surround like wild bulls,
Like hungry lions roar.
4. My strength is like spilled water,
My bones are out of joint;
My heart in me is melted
Like wax within my breast;
My strength's dry as a potsherd,
My tongue sticks in my mouth.
In the dust I'm left lying
As if I'm good as dead.
Reprinted by permission of the publisher from Sing the Psalms! by Dale A. Schoening. Copyright 1988 Dale A. Schoening.
