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href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?</p><p class="line2">Why are you so far away when I groan for help?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer.</p><p class="line2">Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Yet you are holy,</p><p class="line2">enthroned on the praises of Israel.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Our ancestors trusted in you,</p><p class="line2">and you rescued them.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They cried out to you and were saved.</p><p class="line2">They trusted in you and were never disgraced.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But I am a worm and not a man.</p><p class="line2">I am scorned and despised by all!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Everyone who sees me mocks me.</p><p class="line2">They sneer and shake their heads, saying,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Is this the one who relies on the LORD?</p><p class="line2">Then let the LORD save him!</p><p class="line1">If the LORD loves him so much,</p><p class="line2">let the LORD rescue him!”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womb</p><p class="line2">and led me to trust you at my mother’s breast.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I was thrust into your arms at my birth.</p><p class="line2">You have been my God from the moment I was born.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Do not stay so far from me,</p><p class="line2">for trouble is near,</p><p class="line2">and no one else can help me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My enemies surround me like a herd of bulls;</p><p class="line2">fierce bulls of Bashan have hemmed me in!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Like lions they open their jaws against me,</p><p class="line2">roaring and tearing into their prey.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>My life is poured out like water,</p><p class="line2">and all my bones are out of joint.</p><p class="line1">My heart is like wax,</p><p class="line2">melting within me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay.</p><p class="line2">My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.</p><p class="line2">You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs;</p><p class="line2">an evil gang closes in on me.</p><p class="line2">They have pierced<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> my hands and feet.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I can count all my bones.</p><p class="line2">My enemies stare at me and gloat.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They divide my garments among themselves</p><p class="line2">and throw dice<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> for my clothing.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>O LORD, do not stay far away!</p><p class="line2">You are my strength; come quickly to my aid!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Save me from the sword;</p><p class="line2">spare my precious life from these dogs.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Snatch me from the lion’s jaws</p><p class="line2">and from the horns of these wild oxen.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="line2">I will praise you among your assembled people.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Praise the LORD, all you who fear him!</p><p class="line2">Honor him, all you descendants of Jacob!</p><p class="line2">Show him reverence, all you descendants of Israel!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For he has not ignored or belittled the suffering of the needy.</p><p class="line2">He has not turned his back on them,</p><p class="line2">but has listened to their cries for help.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I will praise you in the great assembly.</p><p class="line2">I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who worship you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The poor will eat and be satisfied.</p><p class="line2">All who seek the LORD will praise him.</p><p class="line2">Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The whole earth will acknowledge the LORD and return to him.</p><p class="line2">All the families of the nations will bow down before him.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For royal power belongs to the LORD.</p><p class="line2">He rules all the nations.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Let the rich of the earth feast and worship.</p><p class="line2">Bow before him, all who are mortal,</p><p class="line2">all whose lives will end as dust.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Our children will also serve him.</p><p class="line2">Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>His righteous acts will be told to those not yet born.</p><p class="line2">They will hear about everything he has done.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">22:16 </span><span class="ft">As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek and Syriac versions; most Hebrew manuscripts read </span><span class="it">They are like a lion at.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">22:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">cast lots.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">22:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">my brothers.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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