Was Jesus Forsaken on the Cross?

 From a FB exchange:

SHE  How should we understand Jesus' cry of dereliction, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Is it that Jesus could no longer feel God's presence due to his own pain and suffering?

ME:  That's certainly a good possibility.

There's a fantastic book that tackles that question: Forsaken: The Trinity and the Cross, and Why it Matters    https://www.amazon.com/Forsaken-Trinity-Cross-Why-Matters/dp/0830839585

Biblically: McCall argues that there is no scripture that supports a "broken" Trinity, particularly as we examine Jesus' last words on the cross. For example, Luke 23:46 would make no sense if the relationship between the Father and the son was ruptured or even strained.

Theologically: McCall insists that without relationship there is no Christian God. "For Latin Trinitarianism, there is no TRINITY without the relations between the persons, while for social trinitarianism there is no MONOTHEISM without the relations between the persons. Either way, then, the triune God of the Christian faith does not exist apart from the relations between the divine persons." (p. 36-37) So contra Getty and Townend, the Father does NOT turn his face away from Christ on the Cross.

So then what is the cry of dereliction about? McCall argues that "we should take Jesus' quotation of the first lines of this psalm [Ps. 22] as a signpost to the whole psalm." (p. 42) In his agony, Jesus is pointing to his mission. McCall quotes Rikki Watts: "While not detracting at all from Jesus' suffering, it is hard to understand why Mark would work so hard at evoking Ps. 22 if he did not also expect his informed readers to know exactly what was coming next: a starling reversal and deliverance." (p. 42)

<For he has not despised or scorned

the suffering of the afflicted one;

he has not hidden his face from him

but has listened to his cry for help.

25

From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;

before those who fear you[f] I will fulfill my vows.

26

The poor will eat and be satisfied;

those who seek the Lord will praise him—

may your hearts live forever!

27

All the ends of the earth

will remember and turn to the Lord,

and all the families of the nations

will bow down before him,

28

for dominion belongs to the Lord

and he rules over the nations.

29

All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;

all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—

those who cannot keep themselves alive.

30

Posterity will serve him;

future generations will be told about the Lord.

31

They will proclaim his righteousness,

declaring to a people yet unborn:

He has done it!"