The Death Of a Son

<p>Eli, Eli<br/>(My God, my God)<br/>La ma sabach thani?<br/>(Why have You forsaken me?)<br/>Eli, Eli<br/>La ma sabach thani?<br/><br/>Why are you so far from saving me?<br/>So far from the words of my groaning?<br/>By night and by day I cry out in pain<br/>So why do you not answer?<br/><br/>Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One<br/>In you our fathers trusted<br/>They cried out to you and were saved<br/>They were never disappointed<br/>I am a worm, no longer a man<br/>La ma sabach thani?<br/>(Why have You forsaken me?)<br/>They have pierced my feet and hands<br/>La ma sabach thani?<br/><br/>I looked for comforters, but found none<br/>Oh, how could you forsake me?<br/>Oh, my Strength, come quickly, come<br/>Come now, oh Lord, and save me<br/><br/>For You would never despise or disdain<br/>The suffering of the afflicted<br/>In the congregation I will proclaim<br/>That from the grave You lifted me<br/><br/>In the miry depths I sink<br/>La ma sabach thani?<br/>They gave me vinegar to drink<br/>La ma sabach thani?<br/>La ma sabach thani?