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Psalms - ch 22 v 1 - 20
- My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
- My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
- But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
- Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.
- They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.
- But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
- All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
- "He trusts in Yahweh; let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."
- But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother's breasts.
- I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
- Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.
- Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
- They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
- I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
- My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.
- For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. Like a lion, they pin my hands and feet.1
- I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.
- They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.
- But don't be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.
- Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.
- or, They have pierced my hands and feet. (DSS)
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