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Psalms
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For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
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O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou answerest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
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Psalms
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But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
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22
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4
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
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22
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5
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not ashamed.
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But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
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7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
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Commit thyself unto the LORD; let him deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighteth in him.
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9
But thou art he that took me out the womb: thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts.
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Psalms
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10
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
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22
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11
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
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12
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
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13
They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
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22
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14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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Psalms
22
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15
My Strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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22
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For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of evil-doers have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
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22
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17
I may tell all my bones; they look and stare upon me:
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18
They part my garments among them, and upon my vesture do they cast lots.
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22
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19
But be not thou far off, O LORD: O thou my succour, haste thee to help me.
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Psalms
22
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20
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog;
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Psalms
22
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21
Save me from the lion's mouth; yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
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Psalms
22
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22
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
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Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.
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24
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
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25
Of thee cometh my praise in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
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26
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek after him: let your heart live for ever.
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Psalms
22
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27
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
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Psalms
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28
For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the ruler over the nations.
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Psalms
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29
All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he that cannot keep his soul alive.
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Psalms
22
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30
A seed shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.
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Psalms
22
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31
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.