Psalm 22:19-28

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¹⁹But you, Lord, do not be far from me.^(A)
    You are my strength;^(B) come quickly^(C) to help me.^(D)
²⁰Deliver me from the sword,^(E)
    my precious life^(F) from the power of the dogs.^(G)
²¹Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;^(H)
    save me from the horns of the wild oxen.^(I)

²²I will declare your name to my people;
    in the assembly^(J) I will praise you.^(K)
²³You who fear the Lord, praise him!^(L)
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!^(M)
    Revere him,^(N) all you descendants of Israel!
²⁴For he has not despised^(O) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;^(P)
he has not hidden his face^(Q) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.^(R)

²⁵From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;^(S)
    before those who fear you^[a] I will fulfill my vows.^(T)
²⁶The poor will eat^(U) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—^(V)
    may your hearts live forever!

²⁷All the ends of the earth^(W)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,^(X)
²⁸for dominion belongs to the Lord^(Y)
    and he rules over the nations.

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Footnotes

Psalm 22:25 Hebrew him

Isaiah 56:9-12

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God’s Accusation Against the Wicked

⁹Come, all you beasts of the field,^(A)
    come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
¹⁰Israel’s watchmen^(B) are blind,
    they all lack knowledge;^(C)
they are all mute dogs,
    they cannot bark;
they lie around and dream,
    they love to sleep.^(D)
¹¹They are dogs with mighty appetites;
    they never have enough.
They are shepherds^(E) who lack understanding;^(F)
    they all turn to their own way,^(G)
    they seek their own gain.^(H)
¹²“Come,” each one cries, “let me get wine!^(I)
    Let us drink our fill of beer!
And tomorrow will be like today,
    or even far better.”^(J)

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Romans 2:17-29

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The Jews and the Law

¹⁷Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;^(A) ¹⁸if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; ¹⁹if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, ²⁰an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— ²¹you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?^(B) ²²You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?^(C) ²³You who boast in the law,^(D) do you dishonor God by breaking the law? ²⁴As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”^[a]^(E)

²⁵Circumcision has value if you observe the law,^(F) but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.^(G) ²⁶So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements,^(H) will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?^(I) ²⁷The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you^(J) who, even though you have the^[b] written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

²⁸A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly,^(K) nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.^(L) ²⁹No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart,^(M) by the Spirit,^(N) not by the written code.^(O) Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.^(P)