{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Book of Psalms<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 22<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,1,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">M<\/span>y God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,2,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,3,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,4,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,5,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,6,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,7,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,8,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,9,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother&#039;s breasts.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,10,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother&#039;s belly.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,11,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,12,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,13,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,14,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,15,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,16,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,17,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,18,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,19,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,20,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,21,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Save me from the lion&#039;s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,22,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,23,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"24\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,24,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">24<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For 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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"25\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,25,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">25<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"26\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,26,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">26<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"27\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,27,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">27<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"28\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,28,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">28<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For the kingdom is the LORD&#039;s: and he is the governor among the nations.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"29\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,29,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">29<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"30\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,30,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">30<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"31\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,22,31,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">31<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/19\/21\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/19\/23\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The Book of Psalms, Chapter 22 — King James Version","book_title":"The Book of Psalms","toolbar_title":"The Book of Psalms — Ch. 22","prev_url":"\/kjv\/1\/19\/21","next_url":"\/kjv\/1\/19\/23","tid":1,"book_id":19,"chapter":22,"num_chapters":150,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Psalms","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/1\/19\/22","meta_desc":"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 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