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Psalms - ch 22 v 1 - 20
- <To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?
- O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.
- But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.
- Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.
- They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.
- But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
- I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,
- He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.
- But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.
- I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body.
- Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.
- A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.
- I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.
- I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
- My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
- Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
- I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:
- They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.
- Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.
- Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.
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