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Book of Psalms, No. 22

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No. 22 of the Psalms—Revised Standard Version (RSV)

  1. ¶ My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
      Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
  2. O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer;
      and by night, but find no rest.
  3. ¶ Yet thou art holy,
      enthroned on the praises of Israel.
  4. In thee our fathers trusted;
      they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
  5. To thee they cried, and were saved;
      in thee they trusted, and were not disappointed.
  6. ¶ But I am a worm, and no man;
      scorned by men, and despised by the people.
  7. All who see me mock at me,
      they make mouths at me, they wag their heads;
  8. “He committed his cause to the LORD; let him deliver him,
      let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”
  9. ¶ Yet thou art he who took me from the womb;
      thou didst keep me safe upon my mother’s breasts.
  10. Upon thee was I cast from my birth,
      and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God.
  11. Be not far from me,
      for trouble is near
      and there is none to help.
  12. ¶ Many bulls encompass me,
      strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
  13. they open wide their mouths at me,
      like a ravening and roaring lion.
  14. ¶ 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;
  15. my strength is dried up like a potsherd,
      and my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
      thou dost lay me in the dust of death.
  16. ¶ Yea, dogs are round about me;
      a company of evildoers encircle me;
      they have pierced[a] my hands and feet—
  17. I can count all my bones—
      they stare and gloat over me;
  18. they divide my garments among them,
      and for my raiment they cast lots.
  19. ¶ But thou, O LORD, be not far off!
      O thou my help, hasten to my aid!
  20. Deliver my soul from the sword,
      my life[b] from the power of the dog!
  21. Save me from the mouth of the lion,
      my afflicted soul[c] from the horns of the wild oxen!
  22. ¶ I will tell of thy name to my brethren;
      in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee:
  23. 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!
  24. 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.
  25. ¶ From thee comes my praise in the great congregation;
      my vows I will pay before those who fear him.
  26. The afflicted[d] shall eat and be satisfied;
      those who seek him shall praise the LORD!
      May your hearts live for ever!
  27. ¶ All the ends of the earth shall remember
      and turn to the LORD;
    and all the families of the nations
      shall worship before him.[e]
  28. For dominion belongs to the LORD,
      and he rules over the nations.
  29. ¶ Yea, to him[f] shall all the proud of the earth bow down;
      before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
      and he who cannot keep himself alive.
  30. Posterity shall serve him;
      men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation,
  31. and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn,
      that he has wrought it.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Gk Syr Jerome: Heb like a lion
  2. ^ Heb my only one
  3. ^ Gk Syr: Heb thou hast answered me
  4. ^ Or poor
  5. ^ Gk Syr Jerome: Heb thee
  6. ^ Cn: Heb they have eaten and

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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