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psalms 22
1 - My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
2 - My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer;in the night season, and am not silent.
3 - But you are holy,you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
4 - Our fathers trusted in you.They trusted, and you delivered them.
5 - They cried to you, and were delivered.They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.
6 - But I am a worm, and no man;a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
7 - All those who see me mock me.They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
8 - "He trusts in The LORD.Let him deliver him.Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."
9 - But you brought me out of the womb.You made me trust while at my mother's breasts.
10 - I was thrown on you from my mother's womb.You are my God since my mother bore me.
11 - Don't be far from me, for trouble is near.For there is no one to help.
12 - Many bulls have surrounded me.Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
13 - They open their mouths wide against me,lions tearing prey and roaring.
14 - I am poured out like water.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.My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.You have brought me into the dust of death.
16 - For dogs have surrounded me.A company of evildoers have enclosed me.They have pierced my hands and feet.
17 - I can count all of my bones.They look and stare at me.
18 - They divide my garments among them.They cast lots for my clothing.
19 - But don't be far off, The LORD.You are my help: hurry to help me.
20 - Deliver my soul from the sword,my precious life from the power of the dog.
21 - Save me from the lion's mouth!Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.
22 - I will declare your name to my brothers.Among the assembly, I will praise you.
23 - You who fear The LORD, praise him!All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him!Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
24 - For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted,Neither has he hidden his face from him;but when he cried to him, he heard.
25 - Of you comes my praise in the great assembly.I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
26 - The humble shall eat and be satisfied.They shall praise the LORD who seek after him.Let your hearts live forever.
27 - All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to The LORD.All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
28 - For the kingdom is The LORD's.He is the ruler over the nations.
29 - All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship.All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him,even he who can't keep his soul alive.
30 - Posterity shall serve him.Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
31 - They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born,for he has done it.
