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22:1  For the director of music. To the tune of "The Doe of the Morning." A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?
22:2  My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
22:3  Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.
22:4  In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
22:5  To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
22:6  But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
22:7  All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
22:8  "He trusts in the LORD," they say, "let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."
22:9  Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother's breast.
22:10  From birth I was cast on you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.
22:11  Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
22:12  Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
22:13  Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
22:14  I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
22:15  My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.
22:16  Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.
22:17  All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.
22:18  They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.
22:19  But you, LORD, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
22:20  Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
22:21  Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22:22  I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.
22:23  You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
22:24  For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
22:25  From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows.
22:26  The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him-- may your hearts live forever!
22:27  All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,
22:28  for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.
22:29  All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him-- those who cannot keep themselves alive.
22:30  Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
22:31  They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it!