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Why Have You Forsaken Me?
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# Chapter 22
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1. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
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Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
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2. O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,
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and by night, but I find no rest.
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3. Yet you are holy,
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enthroned on the praises of Israel.
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4. In you our fathers trusted;
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they trusted, and you delivered them.
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5. To you they cried and were rescued;
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in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
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6. But I am a worm and not a man,
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scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
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7. All who see me mock me;
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they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
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8. "He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him;
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let him rescue him, for he delights in him!"
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9. Yet you are he who took me from the womb;
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you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
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10. On you was I cast from my birth,
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and from my mother's womb you have been my God.
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11. Be not far from me,
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for trouble is near,
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and there is none to help.
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12. Many bulls encompass me;
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strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
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13. they open wide their mouths at me,
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like a ravening and roaring lion.
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14. I am poured out like water,
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and all my bones are out of joint;
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my heart is like wax;
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it is melted within my breast;
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15. my strength is dried up like a potsherd,
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and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
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you lay me in the dust of death.
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16. For dogs encompass me;
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a company of evildoers encircles me;
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they have pierced my hands and feet--
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17. I can count all my bones--
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they stare and gloat over me;
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18. they divide my garments among them,
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and for my clothing they cast lots.
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19. But you, O LORD, do not be far off!
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O you my help, come quickly to my aid!
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20. Deliver my soul from the sword,
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my precious life from the power of the dog!
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21. Save me from the mouth of the lion!
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You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
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22. I will tell of your name to my brothers;
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in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
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23. You who fear the LORD, praise him!
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All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,
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and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
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24. For he has not despised or abhorred
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the affliction of the afflicted,
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and he has not hidden his face from him,
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but has heard, when he cried to him.
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25. From you comes my praise in the great congregation;
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my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
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26. The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied;
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those who seek him shall praise the LORD!
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May your hearts live forever!
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27. All the ends of the earth shall remember
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and turn to the LORD,
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and all the families of the nations
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shall worship before you.
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28. For kingship belongs to the LORD,
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and he rules over the nations.
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29. All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
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before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
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even the one who could not keep himself alive.
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30. Posterity shall serve him;
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it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;
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31. they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn,
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that he has done it.
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