Bible Reading Plan

Chapter 22

A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise.

^1 (C1)My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
^(C2)Far from my ^(F1)help are the words of my ^(F2)(C3)groaning.

² My God, I ^(C1)cry out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but ^(F1)I have no rest.

³ Yet ^(C1)You are holy,
You who ^(F1)are enthroned upon ^(C2)the praises of Israel.

⁴ In You our fathers ^(C1)trusted;
They trusted and You ^(C2)rescued them.

⁵ To You they cried out and they fled to safety;
^(C1)In You they trusted and were not ^(F1)disappointed.

⁶ But I am a ^(C1)worm and not a person,
A ^(C2)disgrace of mankind and ^(C3)despised by the people.

⁷ All who see me ^(C1)deride me;
They ^(F1)sneer, they ^(C2)shake their heads, saying,

⁸ "^(F1)Turn ^(F2)him over to the LORD; ^(C1)let Him save him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him."

⁹ Yet You are He who ^(C1)brought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother's breasts.

¹⁰ I was cast upon You ^(C1)from ^(F1)birth;
You have been my God from my mother's womb.

^11 (C1)Do not be far from me, for ^(F1)trouble is near;
For there is ^(C2)no one to help.

¹² Many ^(C1)bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of ^(C2)Bashan have encircled me.

¹³ They ^(C1)open their mouths wide at me,
As a ravening and roaring ^(C2)lion.

¹⁴ I am ^(C1)poured out like water,
And all my ^(C2)bones are out of joint;
My ^(C3)heart is like wax;
It is melted within ^(F1)me.

¹⁵ My ^(C1)strength is dried up like a piece of pottery,
And ^(C2)my tongue clings to my jaws;
And You ^(C3)lay me ^(F1)in the dust of death.

¹⁶ For ^(C1)dogs have surrounded me;
^(F1)A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
^(F2)They ^(C2)pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷ I can count all my bones.
^(C1)They look, they stare at me;

¹⁸ They ^(C1)divide my garments among them,
And they cast lots for my clothing.

¹⁹ But You, LORD, ^(C1)do not be far away;
You who are my help, ^(C2)hurry to my assistance.

²⁰ Save my ^(F1)soul from ^(C1)the sword,
My ^(C2)only life from the ^(F2)power of the dog.

²¹ Save me from the ^(C1)lion's mouth;
From the horns of the ^(C2)wild oxen You ^(C3)answer me.

²² I will ^(C1)proclaim Your name to my brothers;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

^23 (C1)You who fear the LORD, praise Him;
All you ^(F1)descendants of Jacob, ^(C2)glorify Him,
And ^(C3)stand in awe of Him, all you ^(F1)descendants of Israel.

²⁴ For He has ^(C1)not despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He ^(C2)hidden His face from him;
But ^(C3)when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

²⁵ From You comes ^(C1)my praise in the great assembly;
I shall ^(C2)pay my vows before those who fear Him.

²⁶ The ^(F1)afflicted will eat and ^(C1)be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will ^(C2)praise the LORD.
May your ^(C3)heart live forever!

²⁷ All the ^(C1)ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD,
And all the ^(C2)families of the nations will worship before ^(F1)You.

²⁸ For the ^(C1)kingdom is the LORD'S
And He ^(C2)rules over the nations.

²⁹ All the ^(F1)(C1)prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who ^(C2)go down to the dust will kneel before Him,
Even he who ^(F2)(C3)cannot keep his soul alive.

³⁰ A ^(F1)(C1)posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to ^(C2)the coming generation.

³¹ They will come and ^(C1)will declare His righteousness
To a people ^(C2)who will be born, that He has performed it.