Psalm 22-34

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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.

³ Do not drag me away with the wicked,
    with those who do evil,
who speak cordially with their neighbors
    but harbor malice in their hearts.^(HO)
4 Repay them for their deeds
    and for their evil work;
repay them for what their hands have done^(HP)
    and bring back on them what they deserve.^(HQ)

⁵ Because they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord
    and what his hands have done,^(HR)
he will tear them down
    and never build them up again.

⁶ Praise be to the Lord,^(HS)
    for he has heard my cry for mercy.^(HT)
7 The Lord is my strength^(HU) and my shield;
    my heart trusts^(HV) in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,^(HW)
    and with my song I praise him.^(HX)

⁸ The Lord is the strength^(HY) of his people,
    a fortress of salvation^(HZ) for his anointed one.^(IA)
9 Save your people^(IB) and bless your inheritance;^(IC)
    be their shepherd^(ID) and carry them^(IE) forever.

³ The voice^(IJ) of the Lord is over the waters;
    the God of glory^(IK) thunders,^(IL)
    the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.^(IM)
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;^(IN)
    the voice of the Lord is majestic.
⁵ The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.^(IO)
6 He makes Lebanon leap^(IP) like a calf,
    Sirion^[p](IQ) like a young wild ox.^(IR)
7 The voice of the Lord strikes
    with flashes of lightning.^(IS)
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
    the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.^(IT)
9 The voice of the Lord twists the oaks^[q](IU)
    and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”^(IV)

¹⁰ The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;^(IW)
    the Lord is enthroned as King forever.^(IX)
11 The Lord gives strength to his people;^(IY)
    the Lord blesses his people with peace.^(IZ)

⁴ Sing^(JH) the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people;^(JI)
    praise his holy name.^(JJ)
5 For his anger^(JK) lasts only a moment,^(JL)
    but his favor lasts a lifetime;^(JM)
weeping^(JN) may stay for the night,
    but rejoicing comes in the morning.^(JO)

⁶ When I felt secure, I said,
    “I will never be shaken.”^(JP)
7 Lord, when you favored me,
    you made my royal mountain^[t] stand firm;
but when you hid your face,^(JQ)
    I was dismayed.

⁸ To you, Lord, I called;
    to the Lord I cried for mercy:
⁹ “What is gained if I am silenced,
    if I go down to the pit?^(JR)
Will the dust praise you?
    Will it proclaim your faithfulness?^(JS)
10 Hear,^(JT) Lord, and be merciful to me;^(JU)
    Lord, be my help.^(JV)”

¹¹ You turned my wailing^(JW) into dancing;^(JX)
    you removed my sackcloth^(JY) and clothed me with joy,^(JZ)
12 that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.
    Lord my God, I will praise^(KA) you forever.^(KB)

⁶ I hate those who cling to worthless idols;^(KO)
    as for me, I trust in the Lord.^(KP)
7 I will be glad and rejoice in your love,
    for you saw my affliction^(KQ)
    and knew the anguish^(KR) of my soul.
⁸ You have not given me into the hands^(KS) of the enemy
    but have set my feet in a spacious place.^(KT)

⁹ Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;^(KU)
    my eyes grow weak with sorrow,^(KV)
    my soul and body^(KW) with grief.
¹⁰ My life is consumed by anguish^(KX)
    and my years by groaning;^(KY)
my strength fails^(KZ) because of my affliction,^[v](LA)
    and my bones grow weak.^(LB)
11 Because of all my enemies,^(LC)
    I am the utter contempt^(LD) of my neighbors^(LE)
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
    those who see me on the street flee from me.
¹² I am forgotten as though I were dead;^(LF)
    I have become like broken pottery.
¹³ For I hear many whispering,^(LG)
    “Terror on every side!”^(LH)
They conspire against me^(LI)
    and plot to take my life.^(LJ)

¹⁴ But I trust^(LK) in you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵ My times^(LL) are in your hands;
    deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
    from those who pursue me.
¹⁶ Let your face shine^(LM) on your servant;
    save me in your unfailing love.^(LN)
17 Let me not be put to shame,^(LO) Lord,
    for I have cried out to you;
but let the wicked be put to shame
    and be silent^(LP) in the realm of the dead.
¹⁸ Let their lying lips^(LQ) be silenced,
    for with pride and contempt
    they speak arrogantly^(LR) against the righteous.

¹⁹ How abundant are the good things^(LS)
    that you have stored up for those who fear you,
that you bestow in the sight of all,^(LT)
    on those who take refuge^(LU) in you.
²⁰ In the shelter^(LV) of your presence you hide^(LW) them
    from all human intrigues;^(LX)
you keep them safe in your dwelling
    from accusing tongues.

²¹ Praise be to the Lord,^(LY)
    for he showed me the wonders of his love^(LZ)
    when I was in a city under siege.^(MA)
22 In my alarm^(MB) I said,
    “I am cut off^(MC) from your sight!”
Yet you heard my cry^(MD) for mercy
    when I called to you for help.

²³ Love the Lord, all his faithful people!^(ME)
    The Lord preserves those who are true to him,^(MF)
    but the proud he pays back^(MG) in full.
²⁴ Be strong and take heart,^(MH)
    all you who hope in the Lord.

³ When I kept silent,^(ML)
    my bones wasted away^(MM)
    through my groaning^(MN) all day long.
⁴ For day and night
    your hand was heavy^(MO) on me;
my strength was sapped^(MP)
    as in the heat of summer.^[x]

⁵ Then I acknowledged my sin to you
    and did not cover up my iniquity.^(MQ)
I said, “I will confess^(MR)
    my transgressions^(MS) to the Lord.”
And you forgave
    the guilt of my sin.^(MT)

⁶ Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
    while you may be found;^(MU)
surely the rising^(MV) of the mighty waters^(MW)
    will not reach them.^(MX)
7 You are my hiding place;^(MY)
    you will protect me from trouble^(MZ)
    and surround me with songs of deliverance.^(NA)

⁸ I will instruct^(NB) you and teach you^(NC) in the way you should go;
    I will counsel you with my loving eye on^(ND) you.
⁹ Do not be like the horse or the mule,
    which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle^(NE)
    or they will not come to you.
¹⁰ Many are the woes of the wicked,^(NF)
    but the Lord’s unfailing love
    surrounds the one who trusts^(NG) in him.

¹¹ Rejoice in the Lord^(NH) and be glad, you righteous;
    sing, all you who are upright in heart!

⁴ For the word of the Lord is right^(NP) and true;^(NQ)
    he is faithful^(NR) in all he does.
⁵ The Lord loves righteousness and justice;^(NS)
    the earth is full of his unfailing love.^(NT)

⁶ By the word^(NU) of the Lord the heavens were made,^(NV)
    their starry host^(NW) by the breath of his mouth.
⁷ He gathers the waters^(NX) of the sea into jars^[y];^(NY)
    he puts the deep into storehouses.
⁸ Let all the earth fear the Lord;^(NZ)
    let all the people of the world^(OA) revere him.^(OB)
9 For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded,^(OC) and it stood firm.

¹⁰ The Lord foils^(OD) the plans^(OE) of the nations;^(OF)
    he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
¹¹ But the plans of the Lord stand firm^(OG) forever,
    the purposes^(OH) of his heart through all generations.

¹² Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,^(OI)
    the people he chose^(OJ) for his inheritance.^(OK)
13 From heaven the Lord looks down^(OL)
    and sees all mankind;^(OM)
14 from his dwelling place^(ON) he watches
    all who live on earth—
¹⁵ he who forms^(OO) the hearts of all,
    who considers everything they do.^(OP)

¹⁶ No king is saved by the size of his army;^(OQ)
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
¹⁷ A horse^(OR) is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.
¹⁸ But the eyes^(OS) of the Lord are on those who fear him,
    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,^(OT)
19 to deliver them from death^(OU)
    and keep them alive in famine.^(OV)

²⁰ We wait^(OW) in hope for the Lord;
    he is our help and our shield.
²¹ In him our hearts rejoice,^(OX)
    for we trust in his holy name.^(OY)
22 May your unfailing love^(OZ) be with us, Lord,
    even as we put our hope in you.

⁴ I sought the Lord,^(PG) and he answered me;
    he delivered^(PH) me from all my fears.
⁵ Those who look to him are radiant;^(PI)
    their faces are never covered with shame.^(PJ)
6 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
    he saved him out of all his troubles.^(PK)
7 The angel of the Lord^(PL) encamps around those who fear him,
    and he delivers^(PM) them.

⁸ Taste and see that the Lord is good;^(PN)
    blessed is the one who takes refuge^(PO) in him.
⁹ Fear the Lord,^(PP) you his holy people,
    for those who fear him lack nothing.^(PQ)
10 The lions may grow weak and hungry,
    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.^(PR)
11 Come, my children, listen^(PS) to me;
    I will teach you^(PT) the fear of the Lord.^(PU)
12 Whoever of you loves life^(PV)
    and desires to see many good days,
¹³ keep your tongue^(PW) from evil
    and your lips from telling lies.^(PX)
14 Turn from evil and do good;^(PY)
    seek peace^(PZ) and pursue it.

¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord^(QA) are on the righteous,^(QB)
    and his ears are attentive^(QC) to their cry;
¹⁶ but the face of the Lord is against^(QD) those who do evil,^(QE)
    to blot out their name^(QF) from the earth.

¹⁷ The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears^(QG) them;
    he delivers them from all their troubles.
¹⁸ The Lord is close^(QH) to the brokenhearted^(QI)
    and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

¹⁹ The righteous person may have many troubles,^(QJ)
    but the Lord delivers him from them all;^(QK)
20 he protects all his bones,
    not one of them will be broken.^(QL)

²¹ Evil will slay the wicked;^(QM)
    the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
²² The Lord will rescue^(QN) his servants;
    no one who takes refuge^(QO) in him will be condemned.