PSALM 21
[2] O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Far from my salvation are the words of my sins. [3] O my God, I shall cry by
day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly
in me. [4] But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel. [5] In
thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
[2] The words of my sins: That is, the sins of the world,
which I have taken upon myself, cry out against me, and are the cause of all my
sufferings.
[6] They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in
thee, and were not confounded. [7] But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of
men, and the outcast of the people. [8] All they that saw me have laughed me to
scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head. [9] He hoped in the
Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him. [10]
For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of
my mother.
[11] I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother' s
womb thou art my God, [12] Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near:
for there is none to help me. [13] Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls
have besieged me. [14] They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion
ravening and roaring. [15] I am poured out like water; and all my bones are
scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.
[16] My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue
hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.
[17] For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath
besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet. [18] They have numbered all my
bones. And they have looked and stared upon me. [19] They parted my garments
amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots. [20] But thou, O Lord, remove
not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.
[21] Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one
from the hand of the dog. [22] Save me from the lion' s mouth; and my lowness
from the horns of the unicorns. [23] I will declare thy name to my brethren: in
the midst of the church will I praise thee. [24] Ye that fear the Lord, praise
him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him. [25] Let all the seed of Israel
fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the
poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him
he heard me.
[26] With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my
vows in the sight of them that fear him. [27] The poor shall eat and shall be
filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live
for ever and ever. [28] All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be
converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his
sight. [29] For the kingdom is the Lord' s; and he shall have dominion over the
nations. [30] All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all
they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
[31] And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve
him. [32] There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the
heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the
Lord hath made.
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