Psalm 22-27

New International Version

³ Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;^(F)
    you are the one Israel praises.^[c](G)
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
    they trusted and you delivered them.^(H)
5 To you they cried out^(I) and were saved;
    in you they trusted^(J) and were not put to shame.^(K)

⁶ But I am a worm^(L) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,^(M) despised^(N) by the people.
⁷ All who see me mock me;^(O)
    they hurl insults,^(P) shaking their heads.^(Q)
8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.^(R)
Let him deliver him,^(S)
    since he delights^(T) in him.”

⁹ Yet you brought me out of the womb;^(U)
    you made me trust^(V) in you, even at my mother’s breast.
¹⁰ From birth^(W) I was cast on you;
    from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

¹¹ Do not be far from me,^(X)
    for trouble is near^(Y)
    and there is no one to help.^(Z)

¹² Many bulls^(AA) surround me;^(AB)
    strong bulls of Bashan^(AC) encircle me.
¹³ Roaring lions^(AD) that tear their prey^(AE)
    open their mouths wide^(AF) against me.
¹⁴ I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.^(AG)
My heart has turned to wax;^(AH)
    it has melted^(AI) within me.
¹⁵ My mouth^[d] is dried up like a potsherd,^(AJ)
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;^(AK)
    you lay me in the dust^(AL) of death.

¹⁶ Dogs^(AM) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce^[e](AN) my hands and my feet.
¹⁷ All my bones are on display;
    people stare^(AO) and gloat over me.^(AP)
18 They divide my clothes among them
    and cast lots^(AQ) for my garment.^(AR)

¹⁹ But you, Lord, do not be far from me.^(AS)
    You are my strength;^(AT) come quickly^(AU) to help me.^(AV)
20 Deliver me from the sword,^(AW)
    my precious life^(AX) from the power of the dogs.^(AY)
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;^(AZ)
    save me from the horns of the wild oxen.^(BA)

²² I will declare your name to my people;
    in the assembly^(BB) I will praise you.^(BC)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!^(BD)
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!^(BE)
    Revere him,^(BF) all you descendants of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised^(BG) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;^(BH)
he has not hidden his face^(BI) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.^(BJ)

²⁵ From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;^(BK)
    before those who fear you^[f] I will fulfill my vows.^(BL)
26 The poor will eat^(BM) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—^(BN)
    may your hearts live forever!

²⁷ All the ends of the earth^(BO)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,^(BP)
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord^(BQ)
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹ All the rich^(BR) of the earth will feast and worship;^(BS)
    all who go down to the dust^(BT) will kneel before him—
    those who cannot keep themselves alive.^(BU)
30 Posterity^(BV) will serve him;
    future generations^(BW) will be told about the Lord.
³¹ They will proclaim his righteousness,^(BX)
    declaring to a people yet unborn:^(BY)
    He has done it!^(BZ)

⁵ You prepare a table^(CK) before me
    in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;^(CL)
    my cup^(CM) overflows.
⁶ Surely your goodness and love^(CN) will follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

³ Who may ascend the mountain^(CR) of the Lord?
    Who may stand in his holy place?^(CS)
4 The one who has clean hands^(CT) and a pure heart,^(CU)
    who does not trust in an idol^(CV)
    or swear by a false god.^[h]

⁵ They will receive blessing^(CW) from the Lord
    and vindication^(CX) from God their Savior.
⁶ Such is the generation of those who seek him,
    who seek your face,^(CY) God of Jacob.^[i][j]

⁷ Lift up your heads, you gates;^(CZ)
    be lifted up, you ancient doors,
    that the King^(DA) of glory^(DB) may come in.^(DC)
8 Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord strong and mighty,^(DD)
    the Lord mighty in battle.^(DE)
9 Lift up your heads, you gates;
    lift them up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ Who is he, this King of glory?
    The Lord Almighty^(DF)—
    he is the King of glory.

² I trust in you;^(DH)
    do not let me be put to shame,
    nor let my enemies triumph over me.
³ No one who hopes in you
    will ever be put to shame,^(DI)
but shame will come on those
    who are treacherous^(DJ) without cause.

⁴ Show me your ways, Lord,
    teach me your paths.^(DK)
5 Guide me in your truth^(DL) and teach me,
    for you are God my Savior,^(DM)
    and my hope is in you^(DN) all day long.
⁶ Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,^(DO)
    for they are from of old.
⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth^(DP)
    and my rebellious ways;^(DQ)
according to your love^(DR) remember me,
    for you, Lord, are good.^(DS)

⁸ Good and upright^(DT) is the Lord;
    therefore he instructs^(DU) sinners in his ways.
⁹ He guides^(DV) the humble in what is right
    and teaches them^(DW) his way.
¹⁰ All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful^(DX)
    toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.^(DY)
11 For the sake of your name,^(DZ) Lord,
    forgive^(EA) my iniquity,^(EB) though it is great.

¹² Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?^(EC)
    He will instruct them in the ways^(ED) they should choose.^[l]
13 They will spend their days in prosperity,^(EE)
    and their descendants will inherit the land.^(EF)
14 The Lord confides^(EG) in those who fear him;
    he makes his covenant known^(EH) to them.
¹⁵ My eyes are ever on the Lord,^(EI)
    for only he will release my feet from the snare.^(EJ)

¹⁶ Turn to me^(EK) and be gracious to me,^(EL)
    for I am lonely^(EM) and afflicted.
¹⁷ Relieve the troubles^(EN) of my heart
    and free me from my anguish.^(EO)
18 Look on my affliction^(EP) and my distress^(EQ)
    and take away all my sins.^(ER)
19 See how numerous are my enemies^(ES)
    and how fiercely they hate me!^(ET)

²⁰ Guard my life^(EU) and rescue me;^(EV)
    do not let me be put to shame,^(EW)
    for I take refuge^(EX) in you.
²¹ May integrity^(EY) and uprightness^(EZ) protect me,
    because my hope, Lord,^[m] is in you.^(FA)

²² Deliver Israel,^(FB) O God,
    from all their troubles!

⁴ I do not sit^(FL) with the deceitful,
    nor do I associate with hypocrites.^(FM)
5 I abhor^(FN) the assembly of evildoers
    and refuse to sit with the wicked.
⁶ I wash my hands in innocence,^(FO)
    and go about your altar, Lord,
⁷ proclaiming aloud your praise^(FP)
    and telling of all your wonderful deeds.^(FQ)

⁸ Lord, I love^(FR) the house where you live,
    the place where your glory dwells.^(FS)
9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners,
    my life with those who are bloodthirsty,^(FT)
10 in whose hands are wicked schemes,^(FU)
    whose right hands are full of bribes.^(FV)
11 I lead a blameless life;
    deliver me^(FW) and be merciful to me.

¹² My feet stand on level ground;^(FX)
    in the great congregation^(FY) I will praise the Lord.

² When the wicked advance against me
    to devour^[n] me,
it is my enemies and my foes
    who will stumble and fall.^(GD)
3 Though an army besiege me,
    my heart will not fear;^(GE)
though war break out against me,
    even then I will be confident.^(GF)

⁴ One thing^(GG) I ask from the Lord,
    this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,^(GH)
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
    and to seek him in his temple.
⁵ For in the day of trouble^(GI)
    he will keep me safe^(GJ) in his dwelling;
he will hide me^(GK) in the shelter of his sacred tent
    and set me high upon a rock.^(GL)

⁶ Then my head will be exalted^(GM)
    above the enemies who surround me;^(GN)
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice^(GO) with shouts of joy;^(GP)
    I will sing^(GQ) and make music^(GR) to the Lord.

⁷ Hear my voice^(GS) when I call, Lord;
    be merciful to me and answer me.^(GT)
8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!^(GU)”
    Your face, Lord, I will seek.
⁹ Do not hide your face^(GV) from me,
    do not turn your servant away in anger;^(GW)
    you have been my helper.^(GX)
Do not reject me or forsake^(GY) me,
    God my Savior.^(GZ)
10 Though my father and mother forsake me,
    the Lord will receive me.
¹¹ Teach me your way,^(HA) Lord;
    lead me in a straight path^(HB)
    because of my oppressors.^(HC)
12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
    for false witnesses^(HD) rise up against me,
    spouting malicious accusations.

¹³ I remain confident of this:
    I will see the goodness of the Lord^(HE)
    in the land of the living.^(HF)
14 Wait^(HG) for the Lord;
    be strong^(HH) and take heart
    and wait for the Lord.