ASV - Psalms 22 to 24

Psalm 22

For the Chief Musician; set to Aijaleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David.

¹My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? ²O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent. ³But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. ⁴Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. ⁵They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame. ⁶But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people. ⁷All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, ⁸Commit thyself unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him. ⁹But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts. ¹⁰I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me. ¹¹Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help. ¹²Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. ¹³They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion. ¹⁴I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me. ¹⁵My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death. ¹⁶For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. ¹⁷I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me. ¹⁸They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots. ¹⁹But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me. ²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog. ²¹Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me. ²²I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee. ²³Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel. ²⁴For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard. ²⁵Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. ²⁶The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever. ²⁷All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. ²⁸For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations. ²⁹All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive. ³⁰A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation. ³¹They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

Psalm 23 A Psalm of David.

¹Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. ²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters. ³He restoreth my soul: He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. ⁴Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. ⁵Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over. ⁶Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.

Psalm 24 A Psalm of David.

¹The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein. ²For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods. ³Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah? And who shall stand in his holy place? ⁴He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully. ⁵He shall receive a blessing from Jehovah, And righteousness from the God of his salvation. ⁶This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, even Jacob. Selah ⁷Lift up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in. ⁸Who is the King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle. ⁹Lift up your heads, O ye gates; Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in. ¹⁰Who is this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah