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The Book of Psalms

 

Chapter 22

 

 

1.

 

For the Chief Musician; set to Aijaleth hash-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 groaning?

    
 
 

2.

 

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest 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 put to shame.

    
 
 

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.

 

Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

    
 
 

9.

 

But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.

    
 
 

10.

 

I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

    
 
 

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 gape upon me with their mouth, [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 within me.

    
 
 

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: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

    
 
 

17.

 

I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.

    
 
 

18.

 

They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

    
 
 

19.

 

But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, 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; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

    
 
 

22.

 

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.

    
 
 

23.

 

Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of 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.

 

Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

    
 
 

26.

 

The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.

    
 
 

27.

 

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

    
 
 

28.

 

For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations.

    
 
 

29.

 

All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

    
 
 

30.

 

A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation.

    
 
 

31.

 

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

    
 
 

Psalms 23

 

 

 

 

 
 
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