At about three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ‘Elí, Elí, lemá sabachtháni? ’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you abandoned me ?’ ,
During his earthly life, he offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I will answer them. I am the Lord, the God of Israel. I will not abandon them.
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine, which was dealt out to me, which the Lord made me suffer on the day of his burning anger?