Song of the Cross - Side A - The Cry of the Afflicted One

Mar 24, 2024  •  Sam Vendt

God hears the cries of His afflicted and will deliver them, proving it be becoming afflicted by us on the cross, defeating death, and sharing the victory with His brothers and sisters forever.


1. Lament 1: Why Are You So Far Away? (vv. 1-11)

a. Complaint: My God, Where Are You? (vv. 1-2)

b. Confidence: God is Holy and Trustworthy (vv. 3-5)

c. Complaint: All Who See Me Mock Me (vv. 6-8)

d. Confidence: You Have Always Been My God (vv. 9-10)

e. Prayer: Do Not Be Far From Me (v. 11)


2. Lament 2: I'm Surrounded By Bloodthirsty Beasts (vv. 12-21)

a. Complaint: Brute Beasts Surround Me (vv. 12-13)

b. Complaint: You Lay Me in the Dust of Death (vv. 14-15)

c. Complaint: They Gloat Over My Death (vv. 16-18)

d. Prayer: Do Not Be Far From Me. RESCUE ME! (vv. 19-21)


(Side B: The Praise of the Ressurected One (vv. 22-31), Next week 3/31)

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