21:7. But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast
of the people.
21:8. All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken
with the lips, and wagged the head.
21:9. He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him,
seeing he delighteth in him.
21:10. For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from
the breasts of my mother.
21:11. I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother's womb thou
art my God,
21:12. Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is
none to help me.
21:13. Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.
21:14.They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and
roaring.
21:15. 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.
21:16. 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.
21:17. For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant
hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.
21:18. They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared
upon me.
21:19. They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they
cast lots.
21:20. But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me;
look towards my defence.
21:21. Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the
hand of the dog.
21:22. Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the horns of
the unicorns.
21:23. I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the
church will I praise thee.
21:24. Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob,
glorify him.
21:25. 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 form me: and when I cried to him he heard me.
21:26. With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in
the sight of them that fear him.
21:27. 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.
21:28. 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.
21:29. For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he shall have dominion over
the nations.
21:30. All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all
they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
21:31. And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.
21:32. 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.
Psalms Chapter 22
Dominus regit me.
God's spiritual benefits to faithful souls.
22:1. A psalm for David. The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing.
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