The Psalm of the Cross
(Matthew 27:32-56; Mark 15:21-41; Luke 23:26-43; John 19:16-30)
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For the chief musician; set to “The rhythm of the deer.” A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from saving me and far from the words of my anguish?
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My God, I cry out in the daytime, but you do not answer, and at night I am not silent!
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Yet you are holy; you sit as king with the praises of Israel.
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Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted in you, and you rescued them.
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They cried to you and they were rescued. They trusted in you and were not disappointed.
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But I am a worm and not a man, a disgrace to humanity and despised by the people.
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All those who see me taunt me; they mock me; they shake their heads at me.
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They say, “He trusts in Yahweh; let Yahweh rescue him. Let him rescue him, for he delights in him.”
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For you brought me from the womb; you made me trust you when I was on my mother’s breasts.
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I have been thrown on you from the womb; you are my God since I was in my mother’s womb!
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Do not be far away from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to help.
12
Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
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They open their mouths wide against me like a roaring lion ripping its victim.
14
I am being poured out like water, and all my bones are dislocated. My heart is like wax; it melts away within my inner parts.
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My strength has dried up like a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust of death.
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For dogs have surrounded me; a company of evildoers has encircled me; they have pierced my hands and my feet.
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I can count all my bones. They look and stare at me.
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They divide my garments among themselves, they cast lots for my clothes.
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Do not be far away, Yahweh; please hurry to help me, my strength!
20
Rescue my soul from the sword, my only life from the claws of wild dogs.
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Save me from the lion’s mouth; rescue me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22
I will declare your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.
23
You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
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For he has not despised or abhorred the suffering of the afflicted one; Yahweh has not hidden his face from him; when the afflicted one cried to him, he heard.
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My praise will be because of you in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.
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The oppressed will eat and be satisfied; those who seek Yahweh will praise him. May your hearts live forever.
27
All the peoples of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh; all the families of the nations will bow down before you.
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For the kingdom is Yahweh’s; he is the ruler over the nations.
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All the prosperous people of the earth will feast and will worship; all those who are descending into the dust will bow before him, those who cannot preserve their own lives.
30
A generation to come will serve him; they will tell the next generation of the Lord.
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They will come and tell of his righteousness; they will tell to a people not yet born what he has done!
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