# Psalm 22 To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. 
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1. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? 
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2. O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. 
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3. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. 
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4. In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. 
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5. To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. 
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6. But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people. 
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7. All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads; 
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8. “He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!” 
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9. Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts. 
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10. On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother’s womb you have been my God. 
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11. Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help. 
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12. Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me; 
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13. they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion. 
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14. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast; 
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15. my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death. 
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16. For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet— 
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17. I can count all my bones— they stare and gloat over me; 
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18. they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots. 
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19. But you, O LORD, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid! 
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20. Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog! 
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21. Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen! 
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22. I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you: 
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23. You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel! 
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24. For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him. 
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25. From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him. 
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26. The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever! 
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27. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. 
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28. For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations. 
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29. All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive. 
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30. Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation; 
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31. they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it. 

(ESV)