Psalm 22:1-5
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent. But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them. They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.”
This psalm is a lament, attributed to David, that expresses deep anguish and a feeling of abandonment by God, quickly moving into a remembrance of God's past faithfulness to the people of Israel. It was composed long before the first century, likely for public or private worship.
What does it mean to voice deep distress while also remembering a history of divine faithfulness?