Psalms 22 - David And The High Spirit

Chapter 22

My God my God why hast thou forsaken me

Why art thou so far from helping me

Words of my groaning

O my God I cry by day but thou dost not answer

And by night but find no rest

Yet thou art holy

Enthroned on the praises of Israel

In thee our fathers trusted

They trusted and thou didst deliver them

To thee they cried and were saved

In thee they trusted and were not disappointed

But I am a worm and no man

Scorned by men and despised by the people

All who see me mock at me

They make mouths at me they wag their heads

He committed his cause to the Lord let him deliver him

Let him rescue him for he delights in him

Yet thou art he who took me from the womb

Thou didst keep me safe upon my mother's breasts

Upon thee was I cast from my birth

And since my mother bore me thou hast been my God

Be not far from me

For trouble is near

And there is none to help

Many bulls encompass me

Strong bulls of bashan surround me

They open wide their mouths at me

Like a ravening and roaring lion

I am poured out like water

And all my bones are out of joint

My heart is like wax

It is melted within my breast

My strength is dried up like a potsherd

And my tongue cleaves to my jaws

Thou dost lay me in the dust of death

Yea dogs are round about me

A company of evildoers encircle me

They have pierced my hands and feet

I can count all my bones

They stare and gloat over me

They divide my garments among them

And for my raiment they cast lots

But thou O Lord be not far off

O thou my help hasten to my aid

Deliver my soul from the sword

My life from the power of the dog

Save me from the mouth of the lion

My afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen

I will tell of thy name to my brethren

In the midst of the congregation I will praise thee

You who fear the Lord praise him

All you sons of jacob glorify him

And stand in awe of him all you sons of Israel

For he has not despised or abhorred

The affliction of the afflicted

And he has not hid his face from him

But has heard when he cried to him

From thee comes my praise in the great congregation

My vows I will pay before those who fear him

The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied

Those who seek him shall praise the Lord

May your hearts live for ever

All the ends of the earth shall remember

And turn to the Lord

And all the families of the nations

Shall w*****p before him

For dominion belongs to the Lord

And he rules over the nations

Yea to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down

Before him shall bow all those who go down to the dust

And he who cannot keep himself alive

Posterity shall serve him

Men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation

And proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn

That he has wrought it