Psalm 22-24

Christian Standard Bible

⁶ But I am a worm and not a man,^(H)
scorned by mankind and despised by people.^(I)
7 Everyone who sees me mocks me;
they sneer^[a] and shake their heads:^(J)
8 “He relies on^[b] the Lord;
let him save him;
let the Lord^[c] rescue him,
since he takes pleasure in him.”^(K)

⁹ It was you who brought me out of the womb,
making me secure at my mother’s breast.^(L)
10 I was given over to you at birth;^[d]
you have been my God from my mother’s womb.^(M)

¹¹ Don’t be far from me, because distress is near
and there’s no one to help.^(N)

¹² Many bulls surround me;
strong ones of Bashan encircle me.^(O)
13 They open their mouths against me—
lions, mauling and roaring.^(P)
14 I am poured out like water,^(Q)
and all my bones are disjointed;^(R)
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.^(S)
15 My strength is dried up like baked clay;^(T)
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.^(U)
You put me into the dust of death.^(V)
16 For dogs have surrounded me;^(W)
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced^[e] my hands and my feet.^(X)
17 I can count all my bones;
people^[f] look and stare at me.^(Y)
18 They divided my garments among themselves,
and they cast lots for my clothing.^(Z)

¹⁹ But you, Lord, don’t be far away.^(AA)
My strength, come quickly to help me.^(AB)
20 Rescue my life from the sword,^(AC)
my only life^[g] from the power of these dogs.
²¹ Save me from the lion’s mouth,^(AD)
from the horns of wild oxen.
You answered me!^[h]
22 I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;
I will praise you in the assembly.^(AE)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!^(AF)
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
All you descendants of Israel, revere him!^(AG)
24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the torment of the oppressed.^(AH)
He did not hide his face from him^(AI)
but listened when he cried to him for help.^(AJ)

²⁵ I will give praise in the great assembly
because of you;^(AK)
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear you.^[i](AL)
26 The humble will eat and be satisfied;^(AM)
those who seek the Lord will praise him.
May your hearts live forever!^(AN)

²⁷ All the ends of the earth will remember
and turn to the Lord.
All the families of the nations
will bow down before you,^(AO)
28 for kingship belongs to the Lord;
he rules the nations.^(AP)
29 All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before him—
even the one who cannot preserve his life.^(AQ)
30 Their descendants will serve him;
the next generation will be told about the Lord.^(AR)
31 They will come and declare his righteousness;
to a people yet to be born
they will declare what he has done.^(AS)

⁵ You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;^(BA)
my cup overflows.^(BB)
6 Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me
all the days of my life,^(BC)
and I will dwell in^[l] the house of the Lord
as long as I live.^[m](BD)

³ Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?^(BG)
4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,^(BH)
who has not appealed to^[n] what is false,^(BI)
and who has not sworn deceitfully.
⁵ He will receive blessing from the Lord,^(BJ)
and righteousness^[o] from the God of his salvation.^(BK)
6 Such is the generation of those who inquire of him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.^[p](BL)Selah

⁷ Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.^(BM)
8 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle.^(BN)
9 Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.
¹⁰ Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord of Armies,
he is the King of glory.^(BO)Selah