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Home Book of Tehilim Psalm 22

Psalm 22

תהילים 22

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For the leader; on ayyeleth ha-shau1e25ar. A psalm of David.
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My God, my God, why have You abandoned me; why so far from delivering me and from my anguished roaring?
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My God, I cry by dayu2014You answer not; by night, and have no respite.
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But You are the Holy One, enthroned, the Praise of Israel.
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In You our ancestors trusted; they trusted, and You rescued them.
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To You they cried out and they escaped; in You they trusted and were not disappointed.
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But I am a worm, less than human; scorned by everyone, despised by people.
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All who see me mock me; they curl their lips, they shake their heads.
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u201cLet him commit himself to GOD; let [God] rescue him, let [God] save him, for [God] is pleased with him.u201d
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You drew me from the womb, made me secure at my motheru2019s breast.
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I became Your charge at birth; from my motheru2019s womb You have been my God.
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Do not be far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.
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Many bulls surround me, mighty ones of Bashan encircle me.
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They open their mouths at me like tearing, roaring lions.
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My life ebbs away: all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting within me;
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my vigor dries up like a shard; my tongue cleaves to my palate; You commit me to the dust of death.
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Dogs surround me; a pack of evil ones closes in on me, like lions [they maul] my hands and feet.
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I take the count of all my bones while they look on and gloat.
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They divide my clothes among themselves, casting lots for my garments.
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But You, O ETERNAL One, be not far off; my strength, hasten to my aid.
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Save my life from the sword, my precious life from the clutches of a dog.
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Deliver me from a lionu2019s mouth; from the horns of wild oxen rescue me.
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Then will I proclaim Your fame to my kin, praise You in the congregation.
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You who fear GOD, give praise! All you offspring of Jacob, show honor! Be in dread, all you offspring of Israel!
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For [God] did not scorn, and did not spurn, the plea of anyone lowly; [God] did not turn away from them; when they cried out, [God] listened.
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Because of You I offer praise in the great congregation; I pay my vows in the presence of Godu2019s worshipers.
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Let the lowly eat and be satisfied; let all who seek GOD give praise. Always be of good cheer!
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Let all the ends of the earth pay heed and turn to GOD, and the peoples of all nations prostrate themselves before You;
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for sovereignty is GODu2019s, who rules the nations.
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All those in full vigor shall eat and prostrate themselves; all those at deathu2019s door, whose spirits flag, shall bend the knee in submission.
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Offspring shall serve [God]; the Sovereignu2019s fame shall be proclaimed to the generation
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to come; they shall tell of the beneficence to people yet to be born, for [God] has acted.