Psalm 22- 1
- Psalm 22 For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Doe of the Morning." A psalm of David.
- 1
- My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?
- 2
- O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.
- 3
- Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. [1]
- 4
- In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
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- They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
- 6
- But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
- 7
- All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:
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- "He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."
- 9
- Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast.
- 10
- From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.
- 11
- Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
- 12
- Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
- 13
- Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me.
- 14
- I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.
- 15
- My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me [2] in the dust of death.
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- Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced [3] my hands and my feet.
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- I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.
- 18
- They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
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- But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
- 20
- Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
- 21
- Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save [4] me from the horns of the wild oxen.
- 22
- I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you.
- 23
- You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
- 24
- For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
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- From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you [5] will I fulfill my vows.
- 26
- The poor will eat and be satisfied; they 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 to a people yet unborn-- for he has done it.
- [3] Or Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel
- [15] Or I am laid
- [16] Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts like the lion,
- [21] Or you have heard
- [25] Hebrew him