Psalm 21
O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?
Far from my salvation are the words of my sins. 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. But
thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel. In thee have our fathers
hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted
in thee, and were not confounded. But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of
men, and the outcast of the people. All they that saw me have laughed me to
scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head. He hoped in the
Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him. For
thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my
mother.
I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother' s
womb thou art my God, Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for
there is none to help me. Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have
besieged me. They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and
roaring. 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.
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. For
many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me.
They have dug my hands and feet. They have numbered all my bones. And they have
looked and stared upon me. They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my
vesture they cast lots. But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance
from me; look towards my defence.
Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one
from the hand of the dog. Save me from the lion' s mouth; and my lowness from
the horns of the unicorns. I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst
of the church will I praise thee. Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the
seed of Jacob, glorify him. 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.
With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay
my vows in the sight of them that fear him. 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. 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. For the kingdom is the Lord' s; and he shall have dominion over the
nations. All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they
that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve
him. 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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