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123 lines
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Psalm 22From Suffering to Praise
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1. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
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Why are you so far from my deliverance
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and from my words of groaning?
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2. My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,
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by night, yet I have no rest.
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3. But you are holy,
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enthroned on the praises of Israel.
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4. Our ancestors trusted in you;
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they trusted,
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and you rescued them.
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5. They cried to you and were set free;
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they trusted in you and were not disgraced.
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6. But I am a worm and not a man,
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scorned by mankind and despised by people.
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7. Everyone who sees me mocks me;
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they sneer and shake their heads:
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8. "He relies on the Lord;
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let him save him;
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let the Lord rescue him,
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since he takes pleasure in him."
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9. It was you who brought me out of the womb,
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making me secure at my mother's breast.
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10. I was given over to you at birth;
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you have been my God from my mother's womb.
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11. Don't be far from me, because distress is near
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and there's no one to help.
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12. Many bulls surround me;
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strong ones of Bashan encircle me.
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13. They open their mouths against me--
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lions, mauling and roaring.
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14. I am poured out like water,
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and all my bones are disjointed;
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my heart is like wax,
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melting within me.
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15. My strength is dried up like baked clay;
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my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
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You put me into the dust of death.
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16. For dogs have surrounded me;
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a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
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they pierced my hands and my feet.
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17. I can count all my bones;
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people look and stare at me.
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18. They divided my garments among themselves,
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and they cast lots for my clothing.
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19. But you, Lord, don't be far away.
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My strength, come quickly to help me.
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20. Rescue my life from the sword,
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my only life from the power of these dogs.
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21. Save me from the lion's mouth,
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from the horns of wild oxen.
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You answered me!
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22. I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;
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I will praise you in the assembly.
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23. You who fear the Lord, praise him!
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All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
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All you descendants of Israel, revere him!
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24. For he has not despised or abhorred
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the torment of the oppressed.
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He did not hide his face from him
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but listened when he cried to him for help.
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25. I will give praise in the great assembly
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because of you;
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I will fulfill my vows
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before those who fear you.
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26. The humble will eat and be satisfied;
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those who seek the Lord will praise him.
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May your hearts live forever!
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27. All the ends of the earth will remember
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and turn to the Lord.
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All the families of the nations
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will bow down before you,
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28. for kingship belongs to the Lord;
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he rules the nations.
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29. All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;
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all those who go down to the dust
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will kneel before him--
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even the one who cannot preserve his life.
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30. Their descendants will serve him;
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the next generation will be told about the Lord.
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31. They will come and declare his righteousness;
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to a people yet to be born
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they will declare what he has done.
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