Psalms 22
For the choir director; upon ▼▼ Lit the hind of the morningAijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.
1 bMy God, my God, why have You forsaken me?▼
▼ Or Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
,
dFar from my deliverance are the words of my ▼▼ Lit roaring
,
fgroaning.2O my God, I gcry by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but ▼
▼ Lit there is no silence for me
I have no rest.3Yet iYou are holy,
O You who ▼
▼ Or inhabit the praises
are enthroned upon kthe praises of Israel.4In You our fathers ltrusted;
They trusted and You mdelivered them.
5To You they cried out and were delivered;
nIn You they trusted and were not ▼
▼ Or ashamed
disappointed.6But I am a pworm and not a man,
A qreproach of men and rdespised by the people.
7All who see me ▼
▼ Or mock me
,
tsneer at me;They ▼
▼ I.e. make mouths at me
separate with the lip, they vwag the head, saying,8 ▼
▼ Lit Roll; another reading is He committed himself
“Commit yourself to the Lord; xlet Him deliver him;Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
9Yet You are He who ybrought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
10Upon You I was cast zfrom ▼
▼ Lit a womb
birth;You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
11 abBe not far from me, for ▼
▼ Or distress
trouble is near;For there is adnone to help.
12Many aebulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of afBashan have encircled me.
13They agopen wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring ahlion.
14I am aipoured out like water,
And all my ajbones are out of joint;
My akheart is like wax;
It is melted within ▼
▼ Lit my inward parts
me.15My amstrength is dried up like a potsherd,
And anmy tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You aolay me ▼
▼ Lit to
in the dust of death.16For aqdogs have surrounded me;
▼
▼ Or An assembly
A band of evildoers has encompassed me;▼
▼ Another reading is Like a lion, my...
They atpierced my hands and my feet.17I can count all my bones.
auThey look, they stare at me;
18They avdivide my garments among them,
And for my clothing they cast lots.
19But You, O Lord, awbe not far off;
O You my help, axhasten to my assistance.
20Deliver my ▼
▼ Or life
soul from azthe sword,My baonly life from the ▼
▼ Lit paw
power of the dog.21Save me from the bclion’s mouth;
From the horns of the bdwild oxen You beanswer me.
22I will bftell of Your name to my brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23 bgYou who fear the Lord, praise Him;
All you ▼
▼ Lit seed
descendants of Jacob, biglorify Him,And bjstand in awe of Him, all you ▼
▼ Lit seed
descendants of Israel.24For He has blnot despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He bmhidden His face from him;
But bnwhen he cried to Him for help, He heard.
25From You comes bomy praise in the great assembly;
I shall bppay my vows before those who fear Him.
26The ▼
▼ Or poor
afflicted will eat and brbe satisfied;Those who seek Him will bspraise the Lord.
Let your btheart live forever!
27All the buends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the bvfamilies of the nations will worship before ▼
▼ Some versions read Him
You.28For the bxkingdom is the Lord’s
And He byrules over the nations.
29All the ▼
▼ Lit fat ones
,
caprosperous of the earth will eat and worship,All those who cbgo down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he who ▼
▼ Or did not
,
cdcannot keep his soul alive.30 ▼
▼ Lit A seed
,
cfPosterity will serve Him;It will be told of the Lord to cgthe coming generation.
31They will come and chwill declare His righteousness
To a people ciwho will be born, that He has performed it.
Psalms 23
The Lord, the Psalmist’s Shepherd.
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my cjshepherd,I ▼
▼ Or do
shall clnot want.2He makes me lie down in cmgreen pastures;
He cnleads me beside ▼
▼ Lit waters of rest
,
cpquiet waters.3He cqrestores my soul;
He crguides me in the ▼
▼ Lit tracks
,
ctpaths of righteousnessFor His name’s sake.
4Even though I cuwalk through the ▼
▼ Or valley of deep darkness
valley of the shadow of death,I cwfear no ▼
▼ Or harm
evil, for cyYou are with me;Your czrod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5You daprepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You ▼
▼ Or anoint
have dcanointed my head with oil;My ddcup overflows.
6 ▼
▼ Or Only
Surely dfgoodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,And I will ▼
▼ Another reading is return to
,
dhdwell in the house of the Lord ▼▼ Lit for length of days
forever.Psalms 24:1-9
The King of Glory Entering Zion.
A Psalm of David.
1 The djearth is the Lord’s, and ▼▼ Lit its fullness
all it contains,The dlworld, and those who dwell in it.
2For He has dmfounded it upon the seas
And established it upon the rivers.
3Who may dnascend into the dohill of the Lord?
And who may stand in His holy dpplace?
4He who has dqclean hands and a drpure heart,
Who has not dslifted up his soul ▼
▼ Or in vain
to falsehoodAnd has not dusworn deceitfully.
5He shall receive a dvblessing from the Lord
And ▼
▼ I.e. as vindicated
,
dxrighteousness from the God of his salvation.6 ▼
▼ Or Such
This is the generation of those who dzseek Him,Who seek Your face— even Jacob. ▼
▼ Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
Selah.7 ebLift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, O ▼
▼ Lit everlasting
ancient doors,That the King of edglory may come in!
8Who is the King of glory?
The Lord eestrong and mighty,
The Lord efmighty in battle.
9Lift up your heads, O gates,
And lift them up, O ▼
▼ Lit everlasting
ancient doors,That the King of ehglory may come in!
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