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I am a worm,despised and scorned by everyone!7<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.22.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> All who see me make fun of me;they stick out their tongues and shake their heads.8<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.22.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> “You relied on the Lord,” they say.“Why doesn't he save you?If the Lord likes you,why doesn't he help you?”9It was you who brought me safely through birth,and when I was a baby, you kept me safe.10I have relied on you since the day I was born,and you have always been my God.11Do not stay away from me!Trouble is near,and there is no one to help.12Many enemies surround me like bulls;they are all around me,like fierce bulls from the land of Bashan.13They open their mouths like lions,roaring and tearing at me.14My strength is gone,gone like water spilled on the ground.All my bones are out of joint;my heart is like melted wax.15My throat<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.22.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> is as dry as dust,and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.You have left me for dead in the dust.16An evil gang is around me;like a pack of dogs they close in on me;they tear at<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.22.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> my hands and feet.17All my bones can be seen.My enemies look at me and stare.18<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.22.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> They gamble for my clothesand divide them among themselves.19O Lord, don't stay away from me!Come quickly to my rescue!20Save me from the sword;save my life from these dogs.21Rescue me from these lions;I am helpless<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.22.21!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> before these wild bulls.22<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.22.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> I will tell my people what you have done;I will praise you in their assembly:23“Praise him, you servants of the Lord!Honor him, you descendants of Jacob!Worship him, you people of Israel!24He does not neglect the poor or ignore their suffering;he does not turn away from them,but answers when they call for help.”25In the full assembly I will praise you for what you have done;in the presence of those who worship youI will offer the sacrifices I promised.26The poor will eat as much as they want;those who come to the Lord will praise him.May they prosper forever!27All nations will remember the Lord.From every part of the world they will turn to him;all races will worship him.28The Lord is king,and he rules the nations.29All proud people will bow down to him;<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.22.29!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> all mortals will bow down before him.30Future generations will serve him;they will speak of the Lord to the coming generation.31People not yet born will be told:“The Lord saved his people.”<a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by David.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">22.15: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">throat; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">strength.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">22.16: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">they tear at; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">others </char><char style="fq" closed="false">they tie; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">like a lion.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">22.21: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I am helpless; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">you answered me.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">22.29: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">will bow down to him; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">will eat and bow down.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition) © 1992 American Bible Society. 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