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Psalms 22

Psalm 22

A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise.

¹My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my help are the words of my groaning.

²My God, I cry out by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest.

³Yet You are holy, You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

⁴In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You rescued them.

⁵To You they cried out and they fled to safety; In You they trusted and were not disappointed.

⁶¶But I am a worm and not a person, A disgrace of mankind and despised by the people.

⁷All who see me deride me; They sneer, they shake their heads, saying,

⁸“Turn him over to the Lord; let Him save him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

⁹¶Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.

¹⁰I was cast upon You from birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

¹¹¶Do not be far from me, for trouble is near; For there is no one to help.

¹²Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

¹³They open their mouths wide at me, As a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like a piece of pottery, And my tongue clings to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me;

¹⁸They divide my garments among them, And they cast lots for my clothing.

¹⁹¶But You, Lord, do not be far away; You who are my help, hurry to my assistance.

²⁰Save my soul from the sword, My only life from the power of the dog.

²¹Save me from the lion’s mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

²²¶I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

²³You who fear the Lord, praise Him; All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.

²⁴For He has not despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

²⁵¶From You comes my praise in the great assembly; I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.

²⁶The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the Lord. May your heart live forever!

²⁷All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations will worship before You.

²⁸For the kingdom is the Lord’s And He rules over the nations.

²⁹All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship, All those who go down to the dust will kneel before Him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

³⁰A posterity will serve Him; It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.

³¹They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.

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