Psalm 22:8-24:10

English Standard Version

⁹ Yet you are he who ^(D)took 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 ^(E)my mother's womb you have been my God.
¹¹ Be not ^(F)far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and there is ^(G)none to help.

¹² Many bulls encompass me;
    ^(H)strong bulls of ^(I)Bashan surround me;
¹³ they ^(J)open wide their mouths at me,
    like a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴ I am ^(K)poured out like water,
    and all my bones are ^(L)out of joint;
my ^(M)heart is like ^(N)wax;
    it is melted within my breast;
¹⁵ my strength is ^(O)dried up like a potsherd,
    and my ^(P)tongue sticks to my jaws;
    you lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶ For ^(Q)dogs encompass me;
    a company of evildoers ^(R)encircles me;
they have ^(S)pierced my hands and feet^[a]—
¹⁷ I can count all my bones—
they ^(T)stare and gloat over me;
^18 (U)they divide my garments among them,
    and for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹ But you, O Lord, ^(V)do not be far off!
    O you my help, ^(W)come quickly to my aid!
²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword,
    my precious life from the power of ^(X)the dog!
²¹     Save me from ^(Y)the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued^[b] me from the horns of ^(Z)the wild oxen!

^22 (AA)I will tell of your name to my ^(AB)brothers;
    in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
²³ You who ^(AC)fear the Lord, praise him!
    All you offspring of Jacob, ^(AD)glorify him,
    and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised or abhorred
    the affliction of ^(AE)the afflicted,
and he has not ^(AF)hidden his face from him,
    but has heard, when he ^(AG)cried to him.

²⁵ From you comes my praise in the great ^(AH)congregation;
    my ^(AI)vows I will ^(AJ)perform before those who fear him.
^26 (AK)The afflicted^[c] shall ^(AL)eat and be satisfied;
    those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
    May your hearts ^(AM)live forever!

²⁷ All ^(AN)the ends of the earth shall remember
    and turn to the Lord,
and all ^(AO)the families of the nations
    shall worship before you.
²⁸ For ^(AP)kingship belongs to the Lord,
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹ All ^(AQ)the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
    before him shall ^(AR)bow all who go down to the dust,
    even the one who could not ^(AS)keep himself alive.
³⁰ Posterity shall serve him;
    it shall be told of the Lord to the coming ^(AT)generation;
³¹ they shall ^(AU)come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet ^(AV)unborn,
    that he has done it.

⁴ Even though I ^(BD)walk through the valley of ^(BE)the shadow of death,^[f]
    I will ^(BF)fear no evil,
for ^(BG)you are with me;
    your ^(BH)rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

⁵ You ^(BI)prepare a table before me
    in ^(BJ)the presence of my enemies;
you ^(BK)anoint my head with oil;
    my ^(BL)cup overflows.
⁶ Surely^[g] goodness and mercy^[h] shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall ^(BM)dwell^[i] in the house of the Lord
    ^(BN)forever.^[j]

^3 (BR)Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
    And who shall stand in his ^(BS)holy place?
^4 (BT)He who has ^(BU)clean hands and ^(BV)a pure heart,
    who does not ^(BW)lift up his soul to ^(BX)what is false
    and does not swear deceitfully.
⁵ He will receive ^(BY)blessing from the Lord
    and ^(BZ)righteousness from ^(CA)the God of his salvation.
⁶ Such is ^(CB)the generation of those who seek him,
    who ^(CC)seek the face of the God of Jacob.^[l] Selah

^7 (CD)Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
    that ^(CE)the King of glory may come in.
⁸ Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord, strong and mighty,
    the Lord, ^(CF)mighty 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?
    ^(CG)The Lord of hosts,
    he is the King of glory! Selah