Why Have You Forsaken Me?

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

1  uMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Why are you so vfar from saving me, from the words of my wgroaning?

2  O my God, I cry by xday, but you do not answer,

and by night, but I find no rest.

3  Yet you are yholy,

zenthroned on athe praises1 of Israel.

4  In you our fathers trusted;

they trusted, and you delivered them.

5  To you they bcried and were rescued;

in you they ctrusted and were not put to shame.

6  But I am da worm and not a man,

escorned by mankind and fdespised by the people.

7  All who see me gmock me;

they make mouths at me; they hwag their heads;

8  i“He trusts in the Lord; let him jdeliver him;

let him rescue him, for he kdelights in him!”

9  Yet you are he who ltook 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 mmy mother’s womb you have been my God.

11  Be not nfar from me,

for trouble is near,

and there is onone to help.

12  Many bulls encompass me;

pstrong bulls of qBashan surround me;

13  they ropen wide their mouths at me,

like a ravening and roaring lion.

14  I am spoured out like water,

and all my bones are tout of joint;

my uheart is like vwax;

it is melted within my breast;

15  my strength is wdried up like a potsherd,

and my xtongue sticks to my jaws;

you lay me in the dust of death.

16  For ydogs encompass me;

a company of evildoers zencircles me;

they have apierced my hands and feet2—

17  I can count all my bones—

they bstare and gloat over me;

18  cthey divide my garments among them,

and for my clothing they cast lots.

19  But you, O Lord, ndo not be far off!

O you my help, dcome quickly to my aid!

20  Deliver my soul from the sword,

my precious life from the power of ethe dog!

21  Save me from fthe mouth of the lion!

You have rescued3 me from the horns of gthe wild oxen!

22  hI will tell of your name to my ibrothers;

in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:

23  You who jfear the Lord, praise him!

All you offspring of Jacob, kglorify him,

and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!

24  For he has not despised or abhorred

the affliction of lthe afflicted,

and he has not mhidden his face from him,

but has heard, when he ncried to him.

25  From you comes my praise in the great ocongregation;

my pvows I will qperform before those who fear him.

26  rThe afflicted4 shall seat and be satisfied;

those who seek him shall praise the Lord!

May your hearts tlive forever!

27  All uthe ends of the earth shall remember

and turn to the Lord,

and all vthe families of the nations

shall worship before you.

28  For wkingship belongs to the Lord,

and he rules over the nations.

29  All xthe prosperous of the earth eat and worship;

before him shall ybow all who go down to the dust,

even the one who could not zkeep himself alive.

30  Posterity shall serve him;

it shall be told of the Lord to the coming ageneration;

31  they shall bcome and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet cunborn,

that he has done it.

The Lord Is My Shepherd

23 A Psalm of David.

1  The Lord is my dshepherd; I shall not ewant.

2  He makes me lie down in green fpastures.

He leads me beside still waters.1

3  He grestores my soul.

He hleads me in ipaths of righteousness2

for his jname’s sake.

4  Even though I kwalk through the valley of lthe shadow of death,3

I will mfear no evil,

for nyou are with me;

your orod and your staff,

they comfort me.

5  You pprepare a table before me

in qthe presence of my enemies;

you ranoint my head with oil;

my scup overflows.

6  Surely4 goodness and mercy5 shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I shall tdwell6 in the house of the Lord

uforever.7

The King of Glory

24 A Psalm of David.

1  vThe earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof,1

the world and those who dwell therein,

2  for he has wfounded it upon xthe seas

and established it upon the rivers.

3  yWho shall ascend the hill of the Lord?

And who shall stand in his zholy place?

4  aHe who has bclean hands and ca pure heart,

who does not dlift up his soul to ewhat is false

and does not swear deceitfully.

5  He will receive fblessing from the Lord

and grighteousness from hthe God of his salvation.

6  Such is ithe generation of those who seek him,

who jseek the face of the God of Jacob.2 Selah

7  kLift up your heads, O gates!

And be lifted up, O ancient doors,

that lthe King of glory may come in.

8  Who is this King of glory?

The Lord, strong and mighty,

the Lord, mmighty in battle!

9  Lift up your heads, O gates!

And lift them up, O ancient doors,

that the King of glory may come in.

10  Who is this King of glory?

nThe Lord of hosts,

he is the King of glory! Selah