| 22:1 |
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? |
| 22:2 |
O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent. |
| 22:3 |
Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. |
| 22:4 |
In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. |
| 22:5 |
They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed. |
| 22:6 |
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. |
| 22:7 |
All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads: |
| 22:8 |
"He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him." |
| 22:9 |
Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast. |
| 22:10 |
From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God. |
| 22:11 |
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help. |
| 22:12 |
Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. |
| 22:13 |
Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me. |
| 22:14 |
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me. |
| 22:15 |
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death. |
| 22:16 |
Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet. |
| 22:17 |
I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me. |
| 22:18 |
They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing. |
| 22:19 |
But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me. |
| 22:20 |
Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs. |
| 22:21 |
Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen. |
| 22:22 |
I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you. |
| 22:23 |
You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel! |
| 22:24 |
For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. |
| 22:25 |
From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows. |
| 22:26 |
The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him--may your hearts live forever! |
| 22:27 |
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, |
| 22:28 |
for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations. |
| 22:29 |
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. |
| 22:30 |
Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord. |
| 22:31 |
They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn--for he has done it. |
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