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Set to <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>“The Deer of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-22-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-1"><i>Why are You so</i> far from helping Me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-1"><i>And from</i> the words of My groaning?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-2">And in the night season, and am not silent.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But You <i>are</i> holy,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-3">Enthroned in the praises of Israel.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Our fathers trusted in You;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-4">They trusted, and You delivered them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They cried to You, and were delivered;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-5">They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But I <i>am</i> a worm, and no man;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-6">A reproach of men, and despised by the people.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>All those who see Me ridicule Me;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-7">They <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>shoot out the lip, they shake the head, <i>saying,</i></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“He <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>trusted in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, let Him rescue Him;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-8">Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But You <i>are</i> He who took Me out of the womb;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-9">You made Me trust <i>while</i> on My mother’s breasts.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I was cast upon You from birth.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-10">From My mother’s womb</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-10">You <i>have been</i> My God.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Be not far from Me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-11">For trouble <i>is</i> near;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-11">For <i>there is</i> none to help.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Many bulls have surrounded Me;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-12">Strong <i>bulls</i> of Bashan have encircled Me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>gape at Me <i>with</i> their mouths,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-13"><i>Like</i> a raging and roaring lion.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I am poured out like water,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-14">And all My bones are out of joint;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-14">My heart is like wax;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-14">It has melted <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>within Me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My strength is dried up like a potsherd,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-15">And My tongue clings to My jaws;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-15">You have brought Me to the dust of death.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For dogs have surrounded Me;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-16">The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-16">They<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span> pierced My hands and My feet;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I can count all My bones.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-17">They look <i>and</i> stare at Me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They divide My garments among them,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-18">And for My clothing they cast lots.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But You, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, do not be far from Me;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-19">O My Strength, hasten to help Me!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Deliver Me from the sword,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-20">My<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span> precious <i>life</i> from the power of the dog.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Save Me from the lion’s mouth</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-21">And from the horns of the wild oxen!</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Ps-22-21">You have answered Me.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I will declare Your name to My brethren;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-22">In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>You who fear the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, praise Him!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-23">All you <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-23">And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-24">Nor has He hidden His face from Him;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-24">But when He cried to Him, He heard.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>My praise <i>shall be</i> of You in the great assembly;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-25">I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The poor shall eat and be satisfied;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-26">Those who seek Him will praise the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-26">Let your heart live forever!</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>All the ends of the world</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-27">Shall remember and turn to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-27">And all the families of the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>nations</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-27">Shall worship before <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span>You.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For the kingdom <i>is</i> the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>’s,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-28">And He rules over the nations.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>All the prosperous of the earth</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-29">Shall eat and worship;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-29">All those who go down to <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[k]</a></span>the dust</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-29">Shall bow before Him,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-29">Even he who cannot keep himself alive.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>A posterity shall serve Him.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-30">It will be recounted of the Lord to the <i>next</i> generation,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-22-31">That He has done <i>this.</i></span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-14206a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 22:1">Psalm 22:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. <i>Aijeleth Hashahar</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14212b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 22:7">Psalm 22:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Show contempt with their mouth</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14213c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 22:8">Psalm 22:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>LXX, Syr., Vg. <i>hoped;</i> Tg. <i>praised</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14218d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 22:13">Psalm 22:13</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>have opened their mouths at Me</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14219e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 22:14">Psalm 22:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>in the midst of My bowels</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14221f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 22:16">Psalm 22:16</span> <span class='footnote-text'>So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg.; MT <i>Like a lion</i> instead of <i>They pierced</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14225g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 22:20">Psalm 22:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>My only one</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14228h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 22:23">Psalm 22:23</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>seed</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14232i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 22:27">Psalm 22:27</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Gentiles</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14232j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 22:27">Psalm 22:27</span> <span class='footnote-text'>So with MT, LXX, Tg.; Arab., Syr., Vg. <i>Him</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14234k"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 22:29">Psalm 22:29</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Death</span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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