“1 <<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? 2 O my God, I cry in the
daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not
silent. 3 But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of
Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst
deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted
in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I [am] a worm, and no man; a
reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me
laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head,
[saying], 8 He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him
deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 9 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 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my
God from my mother’s belly.”
“11 Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to
help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have
beset me round. 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 is like wax; it is melted in the midst
of my bowels. 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
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me:
they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: they look
[and] stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots
upon my vesture. 19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength,
haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling
from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou
hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.”
“22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the
congregation will I praise thee. 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 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 My praise [shall be] of thee in the great
congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 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 world shall
remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations
shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom [is] the LORD’S: and he
[is] the governor among the nations. 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 A seed shall serve
him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. 31 They shall
come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be
born, that he hath done [this].” (Psalm 22:1-31 AV)
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