Trust in the Name of the Lord Our God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

20 May the Lord (A)answer you in the day of trouble!
    May (B)the name of the God of Jacob (C)protect you!
May he send you help from (D)the sanctuary
    and give you support from (E)Zion!
May he (F)remember all your offerings
    and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah

May he (G)grant you your heart's desire
    and fulfill all your plans!
May we shout for joy over (H)your salvation,
    and in the name of our God set up our (I)banners!
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!

Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
    he will answer him from his holy heaven
    with (J)the saving might of his right hand.
Some trust in (K)chariots and some in (L)horses,
    (M)but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
They collapse and fall,
    but we rise and stand upright.

O Lord, save (N)the king!
    May he answer us when we call.

The King Rejoices in the Lord's Strength

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

21 O Lord, in your (O)strength the king rejoices,
    and in your (P)salvation how greatly he exults!
You have (Q)given him his heart's desire
    and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
For you (R)meet him with rich blessings;
    you set (S)a crown of (T)fine gold upon his head.
He asked life of you; you (U)gave it to him,
    (V)length of days forever and ever.
His (W)glory is great through your salvation;
    (X)splendor and majesty you bestow on him.
For you make him most blessed forever;[a]
    you make him glad with the (Y)joy of your presence.
For the king trusts in the Lord,
    and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be (Z)moved.

Your hand will (AA)find out all your enemies;
    your right hand will find out those who hate you.
You will make them as (AB)a blazing oven
    when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his (AC)wrath,
    and (AD)fire will consume them.
10 You (AE)will destroy their (AF)descendants from the earth,
    and their offspring from among the children of man.
11 Though they plan evil against you,
    though they (AG)devise mischief, they will not succeed.
12 For you will put them (AH)to flight;
    you will (AI)aim at their faces with your bows.

13 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength!
    We will sing and praise your power.

Why Have You Forsaken Me?

To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.

22 (AJ)My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
    Why are you so (AK)far from saving me, from the words of my (AL)groaning?
O my God, I cry by (AM)day, but you do not answer,
    and by night, but I find no rest.

Yet you are (AN)holy,
    (AO)enthroned on (AP)the praises[b] of Israel.
In you our fathers trusted;
    they trusted, and you delivered them.
To you they (AQ)cried and were rescued;
    in you they (AR)trusted and were not put to shame.

But I am (AS)a worm and not a man,
    (AT)scorned by mankind and (AU)despised by the people.
All who see me (AV)mock me;
    they make mouths at me; they (AW)wag their heads;
(AX)“He trusts in the Lord; let him (AY)deliver him;
    let him rescue him, for he (AZ)delights in him!”

Yet you are he who (BA)took me from the womb;
    you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
10 On you was I cast from my birth,
    and from (BB)my mother's womb you have been my God.
11 Be not (BC)far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and there is (BD)none to help.

12 Many bulls encompass me;
    (BE)strong bulls of (BF)Bashan surround me;
13 they (BG)open wide their mouths at me,
    like a ravening and roaring lion.

14 I am (BH)poured out like water,
    and all my bones are (BI)out of joint;
my (BJ)heart is like (BK)wax;
    it is melted within my breast;
15 my strength is (BL)dried up like a potsherd,
    and my (BM)tongue sticks to my jaws;
    you lay me in the dust of death.

16 For (BN)dogs encompass me;
    a company of evildoers (BO)encircles me;
they have (BP)pierced my hands and feet[c]
17 I can count all my bones—
they (BQ)stare and gloat over me;
18 (BR)they divide my garments among them,
    and for my clothing they cast lots.

19 But you, O Lord, (BS)do not be far off!
    O you my help, (BT)come quickly to my aid!
20 Deliver my soul from the sword,
    my precious life from the power of (BU)the dog!
21     Save me from (BV)the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued[d] me from the horns of (BW)the wild oxen!

22 (BX)I will tell of your name to my (BY)brothers;
    in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
23 You who (BZ)fear the Lord, praise him!
    All you offspring of Jacob, (CA)glorify him,
    and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
24 For he has not despised or abhorred
    the affliction of (CB)the afflicted,
and he has not (CC)hidden his face from him,
    but has heard, when he (CD)cried to him.

25 From you comes my praise in the great (CE)congregation;
    my (CF)vows I will (CG)perform before those who fear him.
26 (CH)The afflicted[e] shall (CI)eat and be satisfied;
    those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
    May your hearts (CJ)live forever!

27 All (CK)the ends of the earth shall remember
    and turn to the Lord,
and all (CL)the families of the nations
    shall worship before you.
28 For (CM)kingship belongs to the Lord,
    and he rules over the nations.

29 All (CN)the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
    before him shall (CO)bow all who go down to the dust,
    even the one who could not (CP)keep himself alive.
30 Posterity shall serve him;
    it shall be told of the Lord to the coming (CQ)generation;
31 they shall (CR)come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet (CS)unborn,
    that he has done it.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 21:6 Or make him a source of blessing forever
  2. Psalm 22:3 Or dwelling in the praises
  3. Psalm 22:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts like a lion [they are at] my hands and feet
  4. Psalm 22:21 Hebrew answered
  5. Psalm 22:26 Or The meek

I Am the Good Shepherd

10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. (A)A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” This figure of speech Jesus (B)used with them, but they (C)did not understand what he was saying to them.

So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (D)I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, (E)he will be saved and will go in and out and (F)find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and (G)kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 (H)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd (I)lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is (J)a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (K)leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and (L)scatters them. 13 He flees because (M)he is a hired hand and (N)cares nothing for the sheep. 14 (O)I am the good shepherd. (P)I know my own and (Q)my own know me, 15 (R)just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and (S)I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And (T)I have other sheep that are not of this fold. (U)I must bring them also, and (V)they will listen to my voice. So there will be (W)one flock, (X)one shepherd. 17 (Y)For this reason the Father loves me, (Z)because (AA)I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 (AB)No one takes it from me, but (AC)I lay it down (AD)of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and (AE)I have authority to take it up again. (AF)This charge I have received from my Father.”

19 (AG)There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, (AH)“He has a demon, and (AI)is insane; why listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. (AJ)Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

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