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Psalm 22

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Doe of the Dawn.”

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
    Why are you so far away when I groan for help?

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34 Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 15:34 Ps 22:1.

46 At about three o’clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,[a] lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 27:46a Some manuscripts read Eloi, Eloi.
  2. 27:46b Ps 22:1.

While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.

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16 My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs;
    an evil gang closes in on me.
    They have pierced[a] my hands and feet.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:16 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek and Syriac versions; most Hebrew manuscripts read They are like a lion at.

24 I cannot eat for sighing;
    my groans pour out like water.

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44 Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

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Psalm 43

Declare me innocent, O God!
    Defend me against these ungodly people.
    Rescue me from these unjust liars.
For you are God, my only safe haven.
    Why have you tossed me aside?
Why must I wander around in grief,
    oppressed by my enemies?
Send out your light and your truth;
    let them guide me.
Let them lead me to your holy mountain,
    to the place where you live.
There I will go to the altar of God,
    to God—the source of all my joy.
I will praise you with my harp,
    O God, my God!

Why am I discouraged?
    Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
    I will praise him again—
    my Savior and my God!

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Psalm 10

O Lord, why do you stand so far away?
    Why do you hide when I am in trouble?

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Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said,

“I will never fail you.
    I will never abandon you.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 13:5 Deut 31:6, 8.

11 Do not stay so far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and no one else can help me.

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22 The Lord will not abandon his people, because that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the Lord to make you his very own people.

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14 But I am trusting you, O Lord,
    saying, “You are my God!”
15 My future is in your hands.
    Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly.
16 Let your favor shine on your servant.
    In your unfailing love, rescue me.

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11 They say, “God has abandoned him.
    Let’s go and get him,
    for no one will help him now.”

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Book two (Psalms 42–72)

Psalm 42

For the choir director: A psalm[a] of the descendants of Korah.

As the deer longs for streams of water,
    so I long for you, O God.
I thirst for God, the living God.
    When can I go and stand before him?

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Footnotes

  1. 42:Title Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term.

44 He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 22:43-44 Verses 43 and 44 are not included in the most ancient manuscripts.

13 For I am ready to set things right,
    not in the distant future, but right now!
I am ready to save Jerusalem[a]
    and show my glory to Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 46:13 Hebrew Zion.

I am exhausted and completely crushed.
    My groans come from an anguished heart.

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28 For the Lord loves justice,
    and he will never abandon the godly.

He will keep them safe forever,
    but the children of the wicked will die.

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When I refused to confess my sin,
    my body wasted away,
    and I groaned all day long.
Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.
    My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Interlude

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Psalm 16

A psalm[a] of David.

Keep me safe, O God,
    for I have come to you for refuge.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:Title Hebrew miktam. This may be a literary or musical term.