Psalms

Chapter 22

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¹To 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?18 sermons²O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.11 sermons³But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.15 sermons⁴Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.11 sermons⁵They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.11 sermons⁶But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.13 sermons⁷All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,11 sermons⁸He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.11 sermons⁹But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.11 sermons¹⁰I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.13 sermons¹¹Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.11 sermons¹²Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.11 sermons¹³They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.11 sermons¹⁴I 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.13 sermons¹⁵My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.11 sermons¹⁶For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.15 sermons¹⁷I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.12 sermons¹⁸They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.14 sermons¹⁹But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.11 sermons²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.11 sermons²¹Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.11 sermons²²I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.15 sermons²³Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.12 sermons²⁴For 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.11 sermons²⁵My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.11 sermons²⁶The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.11 sermons²⁷All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.11 sermons²⁸For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.11 sermons²⁹All they that be 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.11 sermons³⁰A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.11 sermons³¹They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.11 sermons