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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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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 so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

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

2

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

3

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

3

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

4

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

4

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

5

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

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They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

6

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

6

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

7

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

7

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

8

“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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He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

9

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

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But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

10

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

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

11

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

11

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

12

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

12

Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13

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

13

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

14

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.

14

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

15

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.

15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

16

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

16

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

17

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

17

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

18

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

18

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

19

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

19

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20

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

20

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

21

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

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Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

22

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

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

23

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

23

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

24

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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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.

25

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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My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

26

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

26

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

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,

27

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

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

28

For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among 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.

29

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

30

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

30

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

31

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

31

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

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