Good News Translation (US Version)

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            <div class="label">22</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr"><span class="heading">HEBREW TITLE: </span></span><span class="ft"><span class="heading">A psalm by David.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    
        Mt 27.46; Mk 15.34  </span></span><span class="content"> My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.22.1"><span class="content">I have cried desperately for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.22.1"><span class="content">but still it does not come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.22.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">During the day I call to you, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.22.2"><span class="content">but you do not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.22.2"><span class="content">I call at night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.22.2"><span class="content">but get no rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But you are enthroned as the Holy One,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.22.3"><span class="content">the one whom Israel praises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.22.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Our ancestors put their trust in you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.22.4"><span class="content">they trusted you, and you saved them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They called to you and escaped from danger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.22.5"><span class="content">they trusted you and were not disappointed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But I am no longer a human being; I am a worm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.22.6"><span class="content">despised and scorned by everyone!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    
        Mt 27.39; Mk 15.29; Lk 23.35  </span></span><span class="content"> All who see me make fun of me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.22.7"><span class="content">they stick out their tongues and shake their heads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    
        Mt 27.43
        </span></span><span class="content"> &#8220;You relied on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,&#8221; they say.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Why doesn't he save you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="content">If the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> likes you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="content">why doesn't he help you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It was you who brought me safely through birth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.22.9"><span class="content">and when I was a baby, you kept me safe.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I have relied on you since the day I was born,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.22.10"><span class="content">and you have always been my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Do not stay away from me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.22.11"><span class="content">Trouble is near,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.22.11"><span class="content">and there is no one to help.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.22.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Many enemies surround me like bulls;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="content">they are all around me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="content">like fierce bulls from the land of Bashan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They open their mouths like lions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.22.13"><span class="content">roaring and tearing at me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">My strength is gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">gone like water spilled on the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">All my bones are out of joint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">my heart is like melted wax.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My throat</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22.15: </span><span class="ft">Probable text </span><span class="fq">throat; </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fq">strength.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is as dry as dust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="content">and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="content">You have left me for dead in the dust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">An evil gang is around me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="content">like a pack of dogs they close in on me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="content">they tear at</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22.16: </span><span class="ft">Some ancient translations </span><span class="fq">they tear at; </span><span class="ft">others </span><span class="fq">they tie; </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fq">like a lion.</span></span></span><span class="content"> my hands and feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All my bones can be seen.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.22.17"><span class="content">My enemies look at me and stare.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    
        Mt 27.35; Mk 15.24; Lk 23.34; Jn 19.24  </span></span><span class="content"> They gamble for my clothes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.22.18"><span class="content">and divide them among themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.22.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, don't stay away from me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.22.19"><span class="content">Come quickly to my rescue!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Save me from the sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.22.20"><span class="content">save my life from these dogs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Rescue me from these lions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.22.21"><span class="content">I am helpless</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22.21: </span><span class="ft">Some ancient translations </span><span class="fq">I am helpless; </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fq">you answered me.</span></span></span><span class="content"> before these wild bulls.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.22.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    
        He 2.12
        </span></span><span class="content"> I will tell my people what you have done;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.22.22"><span class="content">I will praise you in their assembly:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.22.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;Praise him, you servants of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="content">Honor him, you descendants of Jacob!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="content">Worship him, you people of Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He does not neglect the poor or ignore their suffering;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">he does not turn away from them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">but answers when they call for help.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In the full assembly I will praise you for what you have done;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="content">in the presence of those who worship you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="content">I will offer the sacrifices I promised.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The poor will eat as much as they want;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="content">those who come to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will praise him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="content">May they prosper forever!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">All nations will remember the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">From every part of the world they will turn to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">all races will worship him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.22.28"><span class="content">and he rules the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">All proud people will bow down to him;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22.29: </span><span class="ft">Probable text </span><span class="fq">will bow down to him; </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fq">will eat and bow down.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="content">all mortals will bow down before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.22.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Future generations will serve him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.22.30"><span class="content">they will speak of the Lord to the coming generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.22.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.22.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">People not yet born will be told:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.22.31"><span class="content">&#8220;The Lord saved his people.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
I have cried desperately for help,
but still it does not come.
During the day I call to you, my God,
but you do not answer;
I call at night,
but get no rest.
But you are enthroned as the Holy One,
the one whom Israel praises.
Our ancestors put their trust in you;
they trusted you, and you saved them.
They called to you and escaped from danger;
they trusted you and were not disappointed.

But I am no longer a human being; I am a worm,
despised and scorned by everyone!
All who see me make fun of me;
they stick out their tongues and shake their heads.
“You relied on the LORD,” they say.
“Why doesn't he save you?
If the LORD likes you,
why doesn't he help you?”

It was you who brought me safely through birth,
and when I was a baby, you kept me safe.
I have relied on you since the day I was born,
and you have always been my God.
Do not stay away from me!
Trouble is near,
and there is no one to help.

Many enemies surround me like bulls;
they are all around me,
like fierce bulls from the land of Bashan.
They open their mouths like lions,
roaring and tearing at me.

My strength is gone,
gone like water spilled on the ground.
All my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like melted wax.
My throat is as dry as dust,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You have left me for dead in the dust.

An evil gang is around me;
like a pack of dogs they close in on me;
they tear at my hands and feet.
All my bones can be seen.
My enemies look at me and stare.
They gamble for my clothes
and divide them among themselves.

O LORD, don't stay away from me!
Come quickly to my rescue!
Save me from the sword;
save my life from these dogs.
Rescue me from these lions;
I am helpless before these wild bulls.

I will tell my people what you have done;
I will praise you in their assembly:
“Praise him, you servants of the LORD!
Honor him, you descendants of Jacob!
Worship him, you people of Israel!
He does not neglect the poor or ignore their suffering;
he does not turn away from them,
but answers when they call for help.”

In the full assembly I will praise you for what you have done;
in the presence of those who worship you
I will offer the sacrifices I promised.
The poor will eat as much as they want;
those who come to the LORD will praise him.
May they prosper forever!

All nations will remember the LORD.
From every part of the world they will turn to him;
all races will worship him.
The LORD is king,
and he rules the nations.

All proud people will bow down to him;
all mortals will bow down before him.
Future generations will serve him;
they will speak of the Lord to the coming generation.
People not yet born will be told:
“The Lord saved his people.”

Listen to Psalm 22