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Psalm of the Cross

{To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou] far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?

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Psalm 22^a

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?

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My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:

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My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.b

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And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.

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Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the one Israel praises.c

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Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.

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In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.

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They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.

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To you they cried out and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

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But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.

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But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

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All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying:]

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All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads.

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Commit it to Jehovah -- let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!

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“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
“let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him.”

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But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother's breasts.

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Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.

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I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother's belly.

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From birth I was cast on you;
from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

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Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

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Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.

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Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.

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Many bulls surround me;
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

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They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

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Roaring lions that tear their prey
open their mouths wide against me.

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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

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I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted within me.

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My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.

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My mouthd is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death.

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For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

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Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they piercee my hands and my feet.

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I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me;

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All my bones are on display;
people stare and gloat over me.

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They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

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They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.

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But thou, Jehovah, be not far [from me]; O my strength, haste thee to help me.

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But you, Lord, do not be far from me.
You are my strength; come quickly to help me.

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Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;

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Deliver me from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dogs.

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Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.

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Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
save me from the horns of the wild oxen.

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I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

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I will declare your name to my people;
in the assembly I will praise you.

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Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and revere him, all ye the seed of Israel.

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You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

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For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.

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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.

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My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

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From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
before those who fear youf I will fulfill my vows.

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The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

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The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek the Lord will praise him —
may your hearts live forever!

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All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee:

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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,

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For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.

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for dominion belongs to the Lord
and he rules over the nations.

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All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.

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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.

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A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

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Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord.

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They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [it].

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They will proclaim his righteousness,
declaring to a people yet unborn:
He has done it!

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Psalms 22

Psalms 22