Psalm 22:1-Psalm 23:1 - From Suffering To Praise
1 For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.”
Why are You so far from my deliverance
and from my words of groaning?
by night, yet I have no rest.
enthroned on the praises of Israel.
they trusted, and You rescued them.
they trusted in You and were not disgraced.
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scorned by men and despised by people.
they sneer
let Him rescue him;
let the Lord
since He takes pleasure in him.”
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making me secure while at my mother’s breast.
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
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and there is no one to help.
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strong ones of Bashan encircle me.
lions, mauling and roaring.
and all my bones are disjointed;
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You put me into the dust of death.
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced
people
and they cast lots for my clothing.
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My strength, come quickly to help me.
my only life
You have rescued
from the horns of the wild oxen.
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I will praise You in the congregation.
All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him!
All you descendants of Israel, revere Him!
the torment of the afflicted.
He did not hide His face from him
but listened when he cried to Him for help.
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because of You;
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear You.
those who seek the Lord will praise Him.
May your hearts live forever!
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and turn to the Lord.
All the families of the nations
will bow down before You,
He rules over the nations.
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before Him—
even the one who cannot preserve his life.
the next generation will be told about the Lord.
about His righteousness—
what He has done.
1 A Davidic psalm.
there is nothing I lack.