Psalms 22:1 (ASV)
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? `Why art thou so' far from helping me, `and from' the words of my groaning?

Psalms 22:2 (ASV)
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.

Psalms 22:3 (ASV)
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Psalms 22:4 (ASV)
Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

Psalms 22:5 (ASV)
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.

Psalms 22:6 (ASV)
But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Psalms 22:7 (ASV)
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, `saying',

Psalms 22:8 (ASV)
Commit `thyself' unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

Psalms 22:9 (ASV)
But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust `when I was' upon my mother's breasts.

Psalms 22:10 (ASV)
I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

Psalms 22:11 (ASV)
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.

Psalms 22:12 (ASV)
Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

Psalms 22:13 (ASV)
They gape upon me with their mouth, `As' a ravening and a roaring lion.

Psalms 22:14 (ASV)
I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

Psalms 22:15 (ASV)
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 22:16 (ASV)
For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

Psalms 22:17 (ASV)
I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.

Psalms 22:18 (ASV)
They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

Psalms 22:19 (ASV)
But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

Psalms 22:20 (ASV)
Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.

Psalms 22:21 (ASV)
Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

Psalms 22:22 (ASV)
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.

Psalms 22:23 (ASV)
Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.

Psalms 22:24 (ASV)
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 22:25 (ASV)
Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

Psalms 22:26 (ASV)
The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.

Psalms 22:27 (ASV)
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

Psalms 22:28 (ASV)
For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations.

Psalms 22:29 (ASV)
All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

Psalms 22:30 (ASV)
A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the `next' generation.

Psalms 22:31 (ASV)
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.
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