This passage from Psalm 22 depicts Jesus' words from the cross as he feels abandoned by God. It contains Jesus crying out "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?" three times. Between the cries, it describes the mocking of bystanders and the piercing of his hands and feet, as well as the dividing of his garments by lot.

1. PSALM 22:
8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24
The prayer
of Christ
on
the
cross.
This prayer
is
a passage
from night to day.
Crucifixion by Sir Anthony Van Dyck

2. My God, my God,
why have you abandoned me?

3. All who see me
scoff at me;
they mock me
with parted lips,
they wag
their heads:
Monseñor
Oscar Arnulfo Romero

4. “He relied
on the Lord;
let him
deliver him,
let him
rescue him,
if he loves him.”

5. My God, my God,
why have you abandoned me?

6. Indeed, many dogs surround me,

7. a pack of evildoers closes in upon me;

8. They
have pierced
My
hands
And
my feet;

9. I can count
all my bones.

10. My God, my God,
why have you abandoned me?

11. They divide my garments
among them,

12. and for my vesture they cast lots.

13. My God,
my God,
why
have
You
abandoned
me?

14. But you, O Lord,
be not far
from me;
O my help,
Hasten
to aid me.

15. My God,
my God,
why
Have
you
abandoned
me?
Cristo camino del Calvario
Anónimo castellano (seguidor de Michel Coxcie)
Segunda mitad del siglo XVI Óleo sobre tabla (Colegiata de San Antolín. Sacristía)

16. I will proclaim
your name
to my brethren;
in the midst
of the assembly
I will
praise you:

17. “You who fear the Lord, praise him;
all you descendants of Jacob,

18. give glory to him; revere him,
all you descendants of Israel!”

19. My God, my God,
why have you
abandoned me?

20. Prepared by Padre Diego Cabrera Rojas, ssc
Missionary Society of Saint Columban
Norwalk, 2013