My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help? Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer. Every night you hear my voice, but I find no relief (Psalm 22:1-2; NLT).
Moses went into the darkness where God was (Exodus 20:21; BST).
Ever deeper
Into darkness,
Ever steeper
Is my way;
Ever sharper
Is my grief, Lord,
For you seem
So far away.
Ever fleeter
Are my footsteps,
Ever sweeter
Is my goal;
Ever firmer
Is my choice,
For you, Lord,
Are my living soul.
The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul (Genesis 2:7; KJV).
The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7; NIV).