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Psalm 22

Common English Bible CEB

1 My God! My God, why have you left me all alone? Why are you so far from saving me— so far from my anguished groans?

2 My God, I cry out during the day, but you don't answer; even at nighttime I don't stop.

3 You are the holy one, enthroned. You are Israel's praise.

4 Our ancestors trusted you— they trusted you and you rescued them;

5 they cried out to you and they were saved; they trusted you and they weren't ashamed.

6 But I'm just a worm, less than human; insulted by one person, despised by another.

7 All who see me make fun of me— they gape, shaking their heads:

8 "He committed himself to the LORD, so let God rescue him; let God deliver him because God likes him so much."

9 But you are the one who pulled me from the womb, placing me safely at my mother's breasts.

10 I was thrown on you from birth; you've been my God since I was in my mother's womb.

11 Please don't be far from me, because trouble is near and there's no one to help.

12 Many bulls surround me; mighty bulls from Bashan encircle me.

13 They open their mouths at me like a lion ripping and roaring!

14 I'm poured out like water. All my bones have fallen apart. My heart is like wax; it melts inside me.

15 My strength is dried up like a piece of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you've set me down in the dirt of death.

16 Dogs surround me; a pack of evil people circle me like a lion— oh, my poor hands and feet!

17 I can count all my bones! Meanwhile, they just stare at me, watching me.

18 They divvy up my garments among themselves; they cast lots for my clothes.

19 But you, LORD! Don't be far away! You are my strength! Come quick and help me!

20 Deliver me from the sword. Deliver my life from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the mouth of the lion. From the horns of the wild oxen you have answered me!

22 I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters; I will praise you in the very center of the congregation!

23 All of you who revere the LORD—praise him! All of you who are Jacob's descendants—honor him! All of you who are all Israel's offspring— stand in awe of him!

24 Because he didn't despise or detest the suffering of the one who suffered— he didn't hide his face from me. No, he listened when I cried out to him for help.

25 I offer praise in the great congregation because of you; I will fulfill my promises in the presence of those who honor God.

26 Let all those who are suffering eat and be full! Let all who seek the LORD praise him! I pray your hearts live forever!

27 Every part of the earth will remember and come back to the LORD; every family among all the nations will worship you.

28 Because the right to rule belongs to the LORD, he rules all nations.

29 Indeed, all the earth's powerful will worship him; all who are descending to the dust will kneel before him; my being also lives for him.

30 Future descendants will serve him; generations to come will be told about my Lord.

31 They will proclaim God's righteousness to those not yet born, telling them what God has done.

The Message Bible MSG

1 God, God . . . my God! Why did you dump me miles from nowhere?

2 Doubled up with pain, I call to God all the day long. No answer. Nothing. I keep at it all night, tossing and turning.

3 And you! Are you indifferent, above it all, leaning back on the cushions of Israel's praise?

4 We know you were there for our parents:

5 they cried for your help and you gave it; they trusted and lived a good life.

6 And here I am, a nothing - an earthworm, something to step on, to squash.

7 Everyone pokes fun at me; they make faces at me, they shake their heads:

8 "Let's see how God handles this one; since God likes him so much, let him help him!"

9 And to think you were midwife at my birth, setting me at my mother's breasts!

10 When I left the womb you cradled me; since the moment of birth you've been my God.

11 Then you moved far away and trouble moved in next-door. I need a neighbor.

12 Herds of bulls come at me, the raging bulls stampede,

13 Horns lowered, nostrils flaring, like a herd of buffalo on the move.

14 I'm a bucket kicked over and spilled, every joint in my body has been pulled apart. My heart is a blob of melted wax in my gut.

15 I'm dry as a bone, my tongue black and swollen. They have laid me out for burial in the dirt.

16 Now packs of wild dogs come at me; thugs gang up on me. They pin me down hand and foot,

17 and lock me in a cage - a bag Of bones in a cage, stared at by every passerby.

18 They take my wallet and the shirt off my back, and then throw dice for my clothes.

19 You, God - don't put off my rescue! Hurry and help me!

20 Don't let them cut my throat; don't let those mongrels devour me.

21 If you don't show up soon, I'm done for - gored by the bulls, meat for the lions.

22 Here's the story I'll tell my friends when they come to worship, and punctuate it with Hallelujahs:

23 Shout Hallelujah, you God-worshipers; give glory, you sons of Jacob; adore him, you daughters of Israel.

24 He has never let you down, never looked the other way when you were being kicked around. He has never wandered off to do his own thing; he has been right there, listening.

25 Here in this great gathering for worship I have discovered this praise-life. And I'll do what I promised right here in front of the God-worshipers.

26 Down-and-outers sit at God's table and eat their fill. Everyone on the hunt for God is here, praising him. "Live it up, from head to toe. Don't ever quit!"

27 From the four corners of the earth people are coming to their senses, are running back to God. Long-lost families are falling on their faces before him.

28 God has taken charge; from now on he has the last word.

29 All the power-mongers are before him - worshiping! All the poor and powerless, too - worshiping! Along with those who never got it together - worshiping!

30 Our children and their children will get in on this As the word is passed along from parent to child.

31 Babies not yet conceived will hear the good news - that God does what he says.