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All who see me mock me;
    they curl their lips and jeer;
    they shake their heads at me:(A)
“He relied on the Lord—let him deliver him;
    if he loves him, let him rescue him.”(B)

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“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.(A)
Let him deliver him,(B)
    since he delights(C) in him.”

Yet you brought me out of the womb;(D)
    you made me trust(E) in you, even at my mother’s breast.

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17 Dogs surround me;
    a pack of evildoers closes in on me.
They have pierced my hands and my feet
18     I can count all my bones.(A)
They stare at me and gloat;

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17 All my bones are on display;
    people stare(A) and gloat over me.(B)
18 They divide my clothes among them
    and cast lots(C) for my garment.(D)

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19     they divide my garments among them;
    for my clothing they cast lots.(A)
20 But you, Lord, do not stay far off;
    my strength, come quickly to help me.

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19 But you, Lord, do not be far from me.(A)
    You are my strength;(B) come quickly(C) to help me.(D)
20 Deliver me from the sword,(E)
    my precious life(F) from the power of the dogs.(G)

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III

23 Then I will proclaim your name to my brethren;
    in the assembly I will praise you:[a](A)
24 “You who fear the Lord, give praise!
    All descendants of Jacob, give honor;
    show reverence, all descendants of Israel!

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Footnotes

  1. 22:23 In the assembly I will praise you: the person who offered a thanksgiving sacrifice in the Temple recounted to the other worshipers the favor received from God and invited them to share in the sacrificial banquet. The final section (Ps 22:24–32) may be a summary or a citation of the psalmist’s poem of praise.

23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!(A)
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!(B)
    Revere him,(C) all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not despised(D) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;(E)
he has not hidden his face(F) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.(G)

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