Psalm 22:19-28

Common English Bible

¹⁹ But you, Lord! Don’t be far away!
    You are my strength!
    Come quick and help me!
²⁰ Deliver me^[a] from the sword.
    Deliver my life from the power of the dog.
²¹     Save me from the mouth of the lion.
    From the horns of the wild oxen
    you have answered me!

²² I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;
    I will praise you in the very center of the congregation!
²³ All of you who revere the Lord—praise him!
    All of you who are Jacob’s descendants—honor him!
    All of you who are all Israel’s offspring—
        stand in awe of him!
²⁴ Because he didn’t despise or detest
    the suffering of the one who suffered—
    he didn’t hide his face from me.
    No, he listened when I cried out to him for help.

²⁵ I offer praise in the great congregation
    because of you;
    I will fulfill my promises
    in the presence of those who honor God.
²⁶ Let all those who are suffering eat and be full!
    Let all who seek the Lord praise him!
        I pray your hearts live forever!
²⁷ Every part of the earth
    will remember and come back to the Lord;
    every family among all the nations will worship you.
²⁸ Because the right to rule belongs to the Lord,
    he rules all nations.