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Psalm 22

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.

World English Bible WEB

1 <<For the Chief Musician; set to "The Doe of the Morning." A Psalm by David.>> My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

2 My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; In the night season, and am not silent.

3 But you are holy, You who inhabit the praises of Israel.

4 Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.

5 They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not put to shame.

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

7 All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

8 "He trusts in Yahweh; Let him deliver him; Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."

9 But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother's breasts.

10 I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

11 Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.

12 Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

13 They open their mouths wide against me, Lions tearing prey and roaring.

14 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.

16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet.

17 I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.

18 They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.

19 But don't be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion's mouth; Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen you have answered me.

22 I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly, will I praise you.

23 You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!

24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hid his face from him; But when he cried to him, he heard.

25 Of you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

26 The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

28 For the kingdom is Yahweh's. He is the ruler over the nations.

29 All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he who can't keep his soul alive.

30 Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, For he has done it.