22:1 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?
22:2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; and
in the night season, and am not silent.
22:3 But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises
of Israel.
22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst
deliver them.
22:5 They cried to thee, and were delivered: they trusted in
thee, and were not confounded.
22:6 But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and
despised by the people.
22:7 All they that see me deride me: they shoot out the lip,
they shake the head, [saying],
22:8 He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him
deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
22:9 But thou [art] he that brought me forth into life: thou
didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.
22:10 I was cast upon thee from my birth: thou [art] my God from
the time I was born.
22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is]
none to help.
22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan
have beset me round.
22:13 They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening
and a roaring lion.
22:14 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.
22:15 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.
22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked
have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
22:17 I may number all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me.
22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my
vesture.
22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste
thee to help me.
22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power
of the dog.
22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from
the horns of the unicorns.
22:22 I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of
the congregation will I praise thee.
22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of
Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of
the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when
he cried to him, he heard.
22:25 My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I
will pay my vows before them that fear him.
22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the
LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the
LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before
thee.
22:28 For the kingdom [is] the LORD'S: and he [is] the governor
among the nations.
22:29 All [they that are] 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.
22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the LORD
for a generation.
22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness to a
people that shall be born, that he hath done [this].
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