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    and my God.

My soul is cast down within me;
    therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
    from Mount Mizar.

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From the end of the earth I call to you,
    when my heart is faint.

Lead me to the rock
    that is higher than I,(A)

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As my life was ebbing away,
    I remembered the Lord,
and my prayer came to you,
    into your holy temple.(A)

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“So at that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land beyond the Jordan, from the Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, while the Amorites call it Senir),(A)

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Then I will go to the altar of God,
    to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the harp,
    O God, my God.(A)

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Psalm 22

Plea for Deliverance from Suffering and Hostility

To the leader: according to The Deer of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
    Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?(A)

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22 So David and all the people who were with him set out and crossed the Jordan; by daybreak not one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.

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47 They occupied his land and the land of King Og of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites on the eastern side of the Jordan: 48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion[a] (that is, Hermon),(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.48 Syr: Heb Sion

46 And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”(A)

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Psalm 88

Prayer for Help in Despondency

A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites. To the leader: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

O Lord, God of my salvation,
    at night, when I cry out before you,(A)
let my prayer come before you;
    incline your ear to my cry.(B)

For my soul is full of troubles,
    and my life draws near to Sheol.(C)

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I commune[a] with my heart in the night;
    I meditate and search my spirit:[b](A)
“Will the Lord spurn forever
    and never again be favorable?(B)
Has his steadfast love ceased forever?
    Are his promises at an end for all time?(C)
Has God forgotten to be gracious?
    Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah(D)
10 And I say, “It is my grief
    that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”(E)

11 I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord;
    I will remember your wonders of old.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 77.6 Gk Syr: Heb My music
  2. 77.6 Syr Jerome: Heb my spirit searches

39 And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me, yet not what I want but what you want.”(A)

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It is like the dew of Hermon,
    which falls on the mountains of Zion.
For there the Lord ordained his blessing,
    life forevermore.(A)

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27 When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim(A)

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