22.5
PSALMS
- They trusted, and Thou didst deliver them.
- 6Unto Thee they cried, and escaped;
- In Thee did they trust, and were not ashamed.
- 7But I am a worm, and no man,
- A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
- 8All they that see me laugh me to scorn,
- They shoot out the lip, they shake the head:
- 9'Let him commit himself unto the Lord! let Him rescue him;
- Let Him deliver him, seeing He delighteth in him.'
- 10For Thou art He that took me out of the womb,
- Thou madest me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts.
- 11Upon Thee I have been cast from my birth;
- Thou art my God from my mother's womb.
- 12Be not far from me; for trouble is near;
- For there is none to help.
- 13Many bulls have encompassed me;
- Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
- 14They open wide their mouth against me,
- As a ravening and a roaring lion.
- 15I am poured out like water,
- And all my bones are out of joint;
- My heart is become like wax;
- It is melted in mine inmost parts
- 16My strength is dried up like a potsherd;
- And my tongue cleaveth to my throat;
- And Thou layest me in the dust of death.
- 17For dogs have encompassed me,
- A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;
- Like a lion, they are at my hands and my feet.
- 18I may count all my bones;
- They look and gloat over me.
- 19They part my garments among them,
- And for my vesture do they cast lots.
- 20But Thou, Lord, be not far off;
- Thou my strength, hasten to help me.
- 21Deliver my soul from the sword;
- Mine only one from the power of the dog.
- 22Save me from the lion's mouth;
- Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen do Thou answer me.
- 23I will declare Thy name unto my brethren;
- In the midst of the congregation will I praise Thee:
- 24'Ye that fear the Lord, praise Him;
- All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify Him;
- And stand in awe of Him, all ye the seed of Israel.
- 25For He hath not despised nor abhorred the lowliness of the poor;
- Neither hath He hid His face from him;
- But when he cried unto Him, He heard.'
- 26From Thee cometh my praise in the great congregation,
- I will pay my vows before them that fear Him.
- 27Let the humble eat and be satisfied;
- Let them praise the Lord that seek after Him;
- May your heart be quickened for ever!
- 28All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the Lord;
- And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee.
- 29For the kingdom is the Lord's;
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