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Psalms 22

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1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help?
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?
2 Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer. Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.
2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
3 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.
4 Our ancestors trusted in you, and you rescued them.
4 In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
5 They cried out to you and were saved. They trusted in you and were never disgraced.
5 To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
6 But I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned and despised by all!
6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
7 Everyone who sees me mocks me. They sneer and shake their heads, saying,
7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
8 “Is this the one who relies on the LORD ? Then let the LORD save him! If the LORD loves him so much, let the LORD rescue him!”
8 “He trusts in the LORD,” they say, “let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”
9 Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womb and led me to trust you at my mother’s breast.
9 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
10 I was thrust into your arms at my birth. You have been my God from the moment I was born.
10 From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
11 Do not stay so far from me, for trouble is near, and no one else can help me.
11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
12 My enemies surround me like a herd of bulls; fierce bulls of Bashan have hemmed me in!
12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13 Like lions they open their jaws against me, roaring and tearing into their prey.
13 Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
14 My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me.
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.
15 My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.
15 My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.
16 My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
16 Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones. My enemies stare at me and gloat.
17 All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.
18 They divide my garments among themselves and throw dice for my clothing.
18 They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.
19 O LORD, do not stay far away! You are my strength; come quickly to my aid!
19 But you, LORD, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
20 Save me from the sword; spare my precious life from these dogs.
20 Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
21 Snatch me from the lion’s jaws and from the horns of these wild oxen.
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22 I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among your assembled people.
22 I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.
23 Praise the LORD, all you who fear him! Honor him, all you descendants of Jacob! Show him reverence, all you descendants of Israel!
23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not ignored or belittled the suffering of the needy. He has not turned his back on them, but has listened to their cries for help.
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.
25 I will praise you in the great assembly. I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who worship you.
25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows.
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied. All who seek the LORD will praise him. Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy.
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him— may your hearts live forever!
27 The whole earth will acknowledge the LORD and return to him. All the families of the nations will bow down before him.
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,
28 For royal power belongs to the LORD . He rules all the nations.
28 for dominion belongs to the LORDand he rules over the nations.
29 Let the rich of the earth feast and worship. Bow before him, all who are mortal, all whose lives will end as dust.
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.
30 Our children will also serve him. Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord.
30 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
31 His righteous acts will be told to those not yet born. They will hear about everything he has done.
31 They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it!
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