| Chapter 22 |
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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? --
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O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. --
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But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. --
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Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. --
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They cried to thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. --
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But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people. --
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All they that see me deride me: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, --
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He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. --
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But thou art he that brought me forth into life: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. --
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I was cast upon thee from my birth: thou art my God from the time I was born. --
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Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. --
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Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. --
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They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. --
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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. --
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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. --
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For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. --
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I may number all my bones: they look and stare upon me. --
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They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. --
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But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. --
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Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. --
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Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. --
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I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. --
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Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. --
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For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard. --
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My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. --
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The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. --
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All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. --
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For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations. --
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All they that are 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. --
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A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. --
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They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. --
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