Glory to God ‎#809

809. Why Has God Forsaken Me?

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Text Information

• First Line: "Why has God forsaken me?"
• Title: Why Has God Forsaken Me?
• Author: Bill Wallace (1980)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 22:1
  ;
  Matthew 27:46
  ;
  Luke 23:46
  ;
  John 11:1-44
• Topic: Christian Year: Good Friday; Grief; Healing; Lament and Longing for Healing; Living and Dying in Christ; Love of God for Us
• Copyright: © 1981 W. L. Wallace
• ONE LICENSE: 00680

Tune Information

• Name: SHIMPI
• Composer: Taihei Sato (1981)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7
• Key: a minor
• Copyright: © 1983 Christian Conference of Asia (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.)

Text Information:

To offer an answer to this hymn’s opening question, this New Zealand author leads us through events at the end of Jesus’ life that help us grasp “the love which conquers fear.” The tune, whose name is Japanese for “mystery,” uses a five-tone Japanese scale to convey that quality.