Why Have You Abandoned Me (Responsorial Psalm 22) Palm Sunday
demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuOHgqVkhPc
Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 Based on Catholic Missal Verse by Arthur Hu 1977
[Chorus]
Em D Em D Am D Em
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
[Verse 1]
Em D
All who see me scoff at me;
Em D Em D Em
they mock at me with parted lips, they wag their heads:
Em D
“He relied on the LORD; let him deliver him,
A B
let him rescue him, if he loves him.”
[Chorus]
Em D Em D Am D Em
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
[Verse 2]
Em D
Indeed, many dogs surround me,
Em D
a pack of evildoers closes in upon me;
Em D
They have pierced my hands they have pierced my feet
G A B
I can count all my bones.
[Chorus]
Em D Em D Am D Em
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
[Verse 3]
Em D
They divide my garments among them,
Em D
and for my vesture they cast lots.
Em D
But you, O LORD, be not far from me;
G A B
O my help, hasten to aid me.
[Chorus]
Em D Em D Am D Em
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
[Verse 4]
Em D
I will proclaim your name to my brethren;
Em D
in the midst of the assembly I will praise you:
Em D
You who fear the LORD, give praise to him;
G B
all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him;
Em A D Em
revere him, descendants of Israel!”
[Chorus]
Em D Em D Am D Em
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Em D Em D Am D E
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?