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have you abandoned me?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.1.1">a</a>Why are you so far from my deliverance<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.1.2">b</a>and from my words of groaning?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.1.3">c</a> <A name="3"></a><a href="/psalms/22-2.htm">2</a>My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,by night, yet I have no rest.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.2.1">a</a> <A name="4"></a><a href="/psalms/22-3.htm">3</a>But you are holy,enthroned on the praises of Israel.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.3.1">a</a> <A name="5"></a><a href="/psalms/22-4.htm">4</a>Our ancestors trusted in you;they trusted, and you rescued them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.4.1">a</a> <A name="6"></a><a href="/psalms/22-5.htm">5</a>They cried to you and were set free;they trusted in you and were not disgraced.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.5.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="7"></a><a href="/psalms/22-6.htm">6</a>But I am a worm and not a man,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.6.1">a</a>scorned by mankind and despised by people.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.6.2">b</a> <A name="8"></a><a href="/psalms/22-7.htm">7</a>Everyone who sees me mocks me;they sneer<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.22.7.1">A</a> and shake their heads:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.7.1">a</a> <A name="9"></a><a href="/psalms/22-8.htm">8</a>“He relies on<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.22.8.1">A</a> the Lord;let him save him;let the Lord<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.22.8.2">B</a> rescue him,since he takes pleasure in him.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.8.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="10"></a><a href="/psalms/22-9.htm">9</a>It was you who brought me out of the womb,making me secure at my mother’s breast.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.9.1">a</a> <A name="11"></a><a href="/psalms/22-10.htm">10</a>I was given over to you at birth;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.22.10.1">A</a>you have been my God from my mother’s womb.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.10.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="12"></a><a href="/psalms/22-11.htm">11</a>Don’t be far from me, because distress is nearand there’s no one to help.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.11.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="13"></a><a href="/psalms/22-12.htm">12</a>Many bulls surround me;strong ones of Bashan encircle me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.12.1">a</a> <A name="14"></a><a href="/psalms/22-13.htm">13</a>They open their mouths against me —lions, mauling and roaring.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.13.1">a</a> <A name="15"></a><a href="/psalms/22-14.htm">14</a>I am poured out like water,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.14.1">a</a>and all my bones are disjointed;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.14.2">b</a>my heart is like wax,melting within me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.14.3">c</a> <A name="16"></a><a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">15</a>My strength is dried up like baked clay;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.15.1">a</a>my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.15.2">b</a>You put me into the dust of death.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.15.3">c</a> <A name="17"></a><a href="/psalms/22-16.htm">16</a>For dogs have surrounded me;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.16.1">a</a>a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;they pierced<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.22.16.1">A</a> my hands and my feet.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.16.2">b</a> <A name="18"></a><a href="/psalms/22-17.htm">17</a>I can count all my bones;people<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.22.17.1">A</a> look and stare at me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.17.1">a</a> <A name="19"></a><a href="/psalms/22-18.htm">18</a>They divided my garments among themselves,and they cast lots for my clothing.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.18.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="20"></a><a href="/psalms/22-19.htm">19</a>But you, Lord, don’t be far away.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.19.1">a</a>My strength, come quickly to help me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.19.2">b</a> <A name="21"></a><a href="/psalms/22-20.htm">20</a>Rescue my life from the sword,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.20.1">a</a>my only life<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.22.20.1">A</a> from the power of these dogs. <A name="22"></a><a href="/psalms/22-21.htm">21</a>Save me from the lion’s mouth,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.21.1">a</a>from the horns of wild oxen.</blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock">You answered me!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.22.21.1">A</a> <A name="23"></a><a href="/psalms/22-22.htm">22</a>I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;I will praise you in the assembly.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.22.1">a</a> <A name="24"></a><a href="/psalms/22-23.htm">23</a>You who fear the Lord, praise him!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.23.1">a</a>All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!All you descendants of Israel, revere him!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.23.2">b</a> <A name="25"></a><a href="/psalms/22-24.htm">24</a>For he has not despised or abhorredthe torment of the oppressed.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.24.1">a</a>He did not hide his face from him<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.24.2">b</a>but listened when he cried to him for help.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.24.3">c</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="26"></a><a href="/psalms/22-25.htm">25</a>I will give praise in the great assemblybecause of you;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.25.1">a</a>I will fulfill my vowsbefore those who fear you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.22.25.1">a</a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.25.2">b</a> <A name="27"></a><a href="/psalms/22-26.htm">26</a>The humble will eat and be satisfied;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.26.1">a</a>those who seek the Lord will praise him.May your hearts live forever!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.26.2">b</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="28"></a><a href="/psalms/22-27.htm">27</a>All the ends of the earth will rememberand turn to the Lord.All the families of the nationswill bow down before you,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.27.1">a</a> <A name="29"></a><a href="/psalms/22-28.htm">28</a>for kingship belongs to the Lord;he rules the nations.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.28.1">a</a> <A name="30"></a><a href="/psalms/22-29.htm">29</a>All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;all those who go down to the dustwill kneel before him —even the one who cannot preserve his life.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.29.1">a</a> <A name="31"></a><a href="/psalms/22-30.htm">30</a>Their descendants will serve him;the next generation will be told about the Lord.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.30.1">a</a> <A name=""></a><a href="/psalms/22-31.htm">31</a>They will come and declare his righteousness;to a people yet to be bornthey will declare what he has done.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.22.31.1">a</a></blockquote> <section id="footnotes-Psalms.22" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.22.7.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.7">22:7</a> Lit separate with the lip</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.22.8.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.8">22:8</a> Or Rely on</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.22.8.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.8">22:8</a> Lit let him</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.22.10.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.10">22:10</a> Lit was cast on you from the womb</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.22.16.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.16">22:16</a> Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read me; like a lion</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.22.17.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.17">22:17</a> Lit they</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.22.20.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.20">22:20</a> Lit my only one</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.22.21.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.21">22:21</a> Or oxen you rescued me</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.22.25.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.25">22:25</a> Lit him</aside> <section id="cross-references-Psalms.22" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.1.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.1">22:1</a> Mt 27:46; Mk 15:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.1.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.1">22:1</a> Ps 10:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.1.3"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.1">22:1</a> Ps 32:3; 38:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.2.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.2">22:2</a> Ps 42:3; 88:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.3.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.3">22:3</a> Ps 99:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.4.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.4">22:4</a> Ps 107:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.5.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.5">22:5</a> Ps 25:2; 31:1; 71:1; Is 49:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.6.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.6">22:6</a> Jb 25:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.6.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.6">22:6</a> Ps 109:25; Is 53:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.7.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.7">22:7</a> Mt 27:39; Mk 15:29; Lk 23:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.8.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.8">22:8</a> Mt 27:43</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.9.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.9">22:9</a> Ps 71:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.10.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.10">22:10</a> Is 46:3; 49:1; Gl 1:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.11.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.11">22:11</a> 2Kg 14:26; Ps 71:12; Is 63:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.12.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.12">22:12</a> Ps 68:30; Am 4:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.13.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.13">22:13</a> Ps 10:9; 17:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.14.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.14">22:14</a> Jb 30:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.14.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.14">22:14</a> Jb 4:14; Ps 6:2; 32:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.14.3"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.14">22:14</a> Nah 2:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.15.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.15">22:15</a> Ps 38:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.15.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.15">22:15</a> Lm 4:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.15.3"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.15">22:15</a> Ps 104:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.16.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.16">22:16</a> Ps 59:6,14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.16.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.16">22:16</a> Jn 20:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.17.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.17">22:17</a> Lk 23:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.18.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.18">22:18</a> Mt 27:35; Lk 23:34; Jn 19:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.19.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.19">22:19</a> Ps 10:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.19.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.19">22:19</a> Ps 70:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.20.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.20">22:20</a> Jr 39:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.21.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.21">22:21</a> Ps 35:17; 2Tm 4:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.22.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.22">22:22</a> Ps 40:10; Heb 2:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.23.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.23">22:23</a> Rv 19:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.23.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.23">22:23</a> Ps 135:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.24.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.24">22:24</a> Ps 69:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.24.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.24">22:24</a> Ezk 39:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.24.3"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.24">22:24</a> Ps 28:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.25.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.25">22:25</a> Ps 35:18; 40:9–10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.25.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.25">22:25</a> Ps 61:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.26.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.26">22:26</a> Ps 107:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.26.2"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.26">22:26</a> Ps 40:16; 69:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.27.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.27">22:27</a> Ps 2:8; 86:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.28.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.28">22:28</a> 1Ch 16:31; 2Ch 20:6; Mal 1:14; Rv 15:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.29.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.29">22:29</a> Is 45:23; Rm 14:11; Php 2:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.30.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.30">22:30</a> Ps 102:18,28</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.22.31.1"><a href="#start-Psalms.22.31">22:31</a> Ps 71:18; 78:6</aside> <section id="study-notes-Psalms.22" class="snSection"> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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