bbe Psalms:22:1-21
bbe@Psalms:22:1 @TToo tthhee cchhiieeff mmuussiicc--mmaakkeerr oonn AAiijjeelleetthh--hhaasshh--sshhaahhaarr.. AA PPssaallmm.. OOff DDaavviidd..
bbe@Psalms:22:2 @O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.
bbe@Psalms:22:3 @But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.
bbe@Psalms:22:4 @Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.
bbe@Psalms:22:5 @They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.
bbe@Psalms:22:6 @But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
bbe@Psalms:22:7 @I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,
bbe@Psalms:22:8 @He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.
bbe@Psalms:22:9 @But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.
bbe@Psalms:22:10 @I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body.
bbe@Psalms:22:11 @Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.
bbe@Psalms:22:12 @A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.
bbe@Psalms:22:13 @I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.
bbe@Psalms:22:14 @I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
bbe@Psalms:22:15 @My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
bbe@Psalms:22:16 @Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet
bbe@Psalms:22:17 @I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:
bbe@Psalms:22:18 @They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.
bbe@Psalms:22:19 @Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.
bbe@Psalms:22:20 @Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.
bbe@Psalms:22:21 @Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.