Psalms 22
1 For the music director, to the tune “The Doe of the Dawn.” A psalm of David.
2 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cry for help?
3 My God, I call out by day, but you do not answer; I call out by night, and I find no rest.
4 But you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
5 Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted, and you rescued them.
6 They cried out to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not put to shame.
7 But I am a worm, not a man; I am scorned by others and despised by the people.
8 All who see me mock me; they curl their lips and shake their heads.
9 “Commit yourself to the LORD! Let him deliver you; let him save you, since he takes pleasure in you.”
10 But you were the one who brought me out of the womb; you made me feel safe at my mother’s breasts.
11 I was entrusted to you from birth; from my mother’s womb, you have been my God.
12 Do not stay far from me, because trouble is near and there is no one to help.
13 Many bulls have surrounded me; the powerful bulls of Bashan have closed in around me.
14 They open their mouths against me, like a lion tearing its prey and roaring.
15 I have been poured out like water, and all my bones have come apart; my heart has turned to wax, melting within me.
16 My strength has dried up like a piece of pottery, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you have laid me in the dust of death.
17 Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evildoers has closed in around me; like a lion, my hands and feet.
18 I can count all my bones; they stare and keep looking at me.
19 They divide my clothes among themselves and cast lots for my tunic.
20 But you, LORD, do not stay far away; my strength, come quickly to help me.
21 Save my life from the sword, my only life from the dog’s paw.
22 Save me from the lion’s mouth! You have answered me from the horns of the wild oxen.
23 I will tell my brothers of your name; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.
24 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, give him glory! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
25 For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the poor; he did not hide his face from him, but heard him when he cried for help.
26 My praise comes from you in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.
27 The humble will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him. May your hearts live forever!
28 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn back to the LORD; all the families of the nations will bow down before you.
29 For the kingdom belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
30 All the rich of the earth ate and bowed down; before him kneel all who go down to the dust, those who could not keep themselves alive.
31 A generation will serve him; the next generation will be told about the Lord.
32 They will come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet to be born: he has done this.
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