Psalms 22

1. 1

   [[To 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?

   Psalms 22:1KJV

2. 2

   O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

   Psalms 22:2KJV

3. 3

   But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

   Psalms 22:3KJV

4. 4

   Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

   Psalms 22:4KJV

5. 5

   They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

   Psalms 22:5KJV

6. 6

   But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

   Psalms 22:6KJV

7. 7

   All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

   Psalms 22:7KJV

8. 8

   He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

   Psalms 22:8KJV

9. 9

   But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

   Psalms 22:9KJV

10. 10

    I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

    Psalms 22:10KJV

11. 11

    Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

    Psalms 22:11KJV

12. 12

    Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

    Psalms 22:12KJV

13. 13

    They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

    Psalms 22:13KJV

14. 14

    I 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.

    Psalms 22:14KJV

15. 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.

    Psalms 22:15KJV

16. 16

    For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

    Psalms 22:16KJV

17. 17

    I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

    Psalms 22:17KJV

18. 18

    They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

    Psalms 22:18KJV

19. 19

    But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

    Psalms 22:19KJV

20. 20

    Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

    Psalms 22:20KJV

21. 21

    Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

    Psalms 22:21KJV

22. 22

    I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

    Psalms 22:22KJV

23. 23

    Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

    Psalms 22:23KJV

24. 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.

    Psalms 22:24KJV

25. 25

    My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

    Psalms 22:25KJV

26. 26

    The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

    Psalms 22:26KJV

27. 27

    All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

    Psalms 22:27KJV

28. 28

    For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.

    Psalms 22:28KJV

29. 29

    All 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.

    Psalms 22:29KJV

30. 30

    A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

    Psalms 22:30KJV

31. 31

    They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

    Psalms 22:31KJV

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