Psalms 22
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PSALM 22
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar,
A Psalm of David.
1My God, my God, why hast thou me
forsaken? why so far
Art thou from helping me, and from
my words that roaring are?
2All day, my God, to thee I cry,
yet am not heard by thee;
And in the season of the night
I cannot silent be.
3But thou art holy, thou that dost
inhabit Isr'el's praise.
4Our fathers hop'd in thee, they hop'd
and thou didst them release.
5When unto thee they sent their cry,
to them deliv'rance came:
Because they put their trust in thee,
they were not put to shame.
6But as for me, a worm I am,
and as no man am priz'd:
Reproach of men I am, and by
the people am despis'd.
7All that me see laugh me to scorn;
shoot out the lip do they;
They nod and shake their heads at me,
and, mocking, thus do say,
8This man did trust in God, that he
would free him by his might:
Let him deliver him, sith he
had in him such delight.
9But thou art he out of the womb
that didst me safely take;
When I was on my mother's breasts
thou me to hope didst make.
10And I was cast upon thy care,
ev'n from the womb till now;
And from my mother's belly, Lord,
my God and guide art thou.
11Be not far off, for grief is near,
and none to help is found.
12Bulls many compass me, strong bulls
of Bashan me surround.
13Their mouths they open'd wide on me,
upon me gape did they,
Like to a lion ravening
and roaring for his prey.
14Like water I'm pour'd out, my bones
all out of joint do part:
Amidst my bowels, as the wax,
so melted is my heart.
15My strength is like a potsherd dry'd;
my tongue it cleaveth fast
Unto my jaws; and to the dust
of death thou brought me hast.
16For dogs have compass'd me about:
the wicked, that did meet
In their assembly, me inclos'd;
they pierc'd my hands and feet.
17I all my bones may tell; they do
upon me look and stare.
18Upon my vesture lots they cast,
and clothes among them share.
19But be not far, O Lord, my strength;
haste to give help to me.
20From sword my soul, from pow'r of dogs
my darling set thou free.
21Out of the roaring lion's mouth
do thou me shield and save:
For from the horns of unicorns
an ear to me thou gave.
22I will shew forth thy name unto
those that my brethren are;
Amidst the congregation
thy praise I will declare.
23Praise ye the Lord, who do him fear;
him glorify all ye
The seed of Jacob: fear him all
that Isr'el's children be.
24For he despis'd not nor abhorr'd
th' afflicted's misery;
Nor from him hid his face, but heard
when he to him did cry.
25Within the congregation great
my praise shall be of thee;
My vows before them that him fear
shall be perform'd by me.
26The meek shall eat,
and shall be fill'd;
they also praise shall give
Unto the Lord that do him seek:
your heart shall ever live.
27All ends of th' earth remember shall,
and turn the Lord unto;
All kindreds of the nations
to him shall homage do:
28Because the kingdom to the Lord
doth appertain as his;
Likewise among the nations
the Governor he is.
29Earth's fat ones eat,
and worship shall:
all who to dust descend
Shall bow to him; none of them can
his soul from death defend.
30A seed shall service do to him;
unto the Lord it shall
Be for a generation
reckon'd in ages all.
31They shall come, and they shall declare
his truth and righteousness
Unto a people yet unborn,
and that he hath done this.
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Psalms 22
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1To him that excelleth upon Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring? 2O my God, I crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience. 3But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the prayses of Israel. 4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them. 5They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6But I am a worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people. 7All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying, 8He trusted in the Lord, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him. 9But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts. 10I was cast vpon thee, euen from ye wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly. 11Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me. 12Many yong bulles haue compassed me: mightie bulles of Bashan haue closed me about. 13They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon. 14I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels. 15My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete. 17I may tell all my bones: yet they beholde, and looke vpon me. 18They part my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture. 19But be thou not farre off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to helpe me. 20Deliuer my soule from the sword: my desolate soule from the power of the dogge. 21Saue me from the lyons mouth, and answere me in sauing me from the hornes of the vnicornes. 22I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying, 23Prayse the Lord, ye that feare him: magnifie ye him, all the seede of Iaakob, and feare ye him, all the seede of Israel. 24For he hath not despised nor abhorred ye affliction of the poore: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called vnto him, he heard. 25My prayse shalbe of thee in the great Congregation: my vowes will I perfourme before them that feare him. 26The poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lord, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer. 27All the endes of the worlde shall remember themselues, and turne to the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations. 29All they that be fat in the earth, shall eate and worship: all they that go downe into the dust, shall bowe before him, euen he that cannot quicken his owne soule. 30Their seede shall serue him: it shalbe counted vnto the Lord for a generation. 31They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shall be borne, because he hath done it.
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