Psalm 22:1-31 ASV

[1] 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.

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