Psalms for All Seasons ‎#22B

22B. Lord, Why Have You Forsaken Me

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, why have you forsaken me
• Title: Lord, Why Have You Forsaken Me
• Author: Christopher L. Webber
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 22
• Topic: Assurance; Biblical Names and Places: Israel; Biblical Names and Places: Jacob; Church Year: Good Friday; Church Year: Passion/Palm Sunday; Cry to God; Despair; Doubt; Elements of Worship: Lord's Supper; God: Trust in; God's: Nearness; God's: Presence; Jesus Christ: Cross and Crucifiction; Lament: General; Lament: Individual; Life Stages: Death; Loneliness; Longing for God; Mission; Mocking; Pain; People of God / Church: Suffering; Prayer: Answer to; Prayer; Questioning; Sorrow; Suffering; Victory; Vows; Year A, B, C, Holy Week, Good Friday; Year B, Easter, 5th Sunday; Year B, Lent, 2nd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 9-15; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 19-25 (if after Trinity Sunday)
• Copyright: © 1986 Christopher L. Webber, admin. church Pension Group/Church Publishing, Inc.
• ONE LICENSE: 55815

Tune Information

• Name: HARVEY'S CHANT
• Composer: William B. Bradbury
• Adapter: Martin Tel
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Adapt. © 2011 Faith Alive Christian Resources
• Notes: This musical setting helps us experience the profound shift in the middle of the psalm: a turn from lament to praise, from scorn to wonder. Musically, we move from unison singing in the minor mode to fourpart harmony in the major mode. Between sts. 4 and 5 the keyboard or guitar should play through the new harmony of the second page. This interlude will not only establish the new major mode but also allow for some space between these two contrasting sections of the psalm. This setting may be followed by a setting of Ps. 23. (Close key relationships make 23A, 23D, or 23H ideal). Some biblical scholars suggest that Pss. 22 and 23 have been placed together intentionally, with the lament and praise of Ps. 22 leading toward the expression of trust in Ps. 23.