微读圣经

From Suffering to Praise

For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.” Perhaps a musical term A Davidic psalm.

1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Mt 27:46; Mk 15:34

Why are You so far from my deliverance Ps 10:1

and from my words of groaning? Or My words of groaning are so far from delivering me Ps 32:3; 38:8

2My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer,

by night, yet I have no rest. Ps 42:3; 88:1

3But You are holy,

enthroned on the praises of Israel. Ps 99:3

4Our fathers trusted in You;

they trusted, and You rescued them. Ps 107:6

5They cried to You and were set free;

they trusted in You and were not disgraced. Ps 25:2; 31:1; 71:1; Is 49:23

6But I am a worm and not a man, Jb 25:6

scorned by men and despised by people. Ps 109:25; Is 53:3

7Everyone who sees me mocks me;

they sneer Lit separate with the lip and shake their heads: Mt 27:39; Mk 15:29; Lk 23:35

8“He relies on Or Rely on the Lord;

let Him rescue him;

let the Lord Lit let Him deliver him,

since He takes pleasure in him.” Mt 27:43

9You took me from the womb,

making me secure while at my mother’s breast. Ps 71:6

10I was given over to You at birth; Lit was cast on You from the womb

You have been my God from my mother’s womb. Is 46:3; 49:1; Gl 1:15

11Do not be far from me, because distress is near

and there is no one to help. 2Kg 14:26; Ps 71:12; Is 63:5

12Many bulls surround me;

strong ones of Bashan encircle me. Ps 68:30; Am 4:1

13They open their mouths against me —

lions, mauling and roaring. Ps 10:9; 17:12

14I am poured out like water, Jb 30:16

and all my bones are disjointed; Jb 4:14; Ps 6:2; 32:3

my heart is like wax,

melting within me. Nah 2:10

15My strength is dried up like baked clay; Ps 38:10

my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. Lm 4:4

You put me into the dust of death. Ps 104:29

16For dogs have surrounded me; Ps 59:6,14

a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;

they pierced Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read me; like a lion my hands and my feet. Jn 20:25

17I can count all my bones;

people Lit they look and stare at me. Lk 23:35

18They divided my garments among themselves,

and they cast lots for my clothing. Mt 27:35; Lk 23:34; Jn 19:24

19But You, Lord, don’t be far away. Ps 10:1

My strength, come quickly to help me. Ps 70:5

20Deliver my life from the sword, Jr 39:18

my only life Lit my only one from the power of these dogs.

21Save me from the mouth of the lion! Ps 35:17; 2Tm 4:17

You have rescued Lit answered me

from the horns of the wild oxen.

22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers;

I will praise You in the congregation. Ps 40:10; Heb 2:12

23You who fear Yahweh, praise Him! Rv 19:5

All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him!

All you descendants of Israel, revere Him! Ps 135:20

24For He has not despised or detested

the torment of the afflicted. Ps 69:33

He did not hide His face from him Ezk 39:29

but listened when he cried to Him for help. Ps 28:2

25I will give praise Lit my praise in the great congregation

because of You; Ps 35:18; 40:9-10

I will fulfill my vows

before those who fear You. Lit Him Ps 61:8

26The humble Or poor, or afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Ps 107:9

those who seek the Lord will praise Him.

May your hearts live forever! Ps 40:16; 69:32

27All the ends of the earth will remember

and turn to the Lord.

All the families of the nations

will bow down before You, Ps 2:8; 86:9

28for kingship belongs to the Lord;

He rules over the nations. 1Ch 16:31; 2Ch 20:6; Mal 1:14; Rv 15:3

29All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;

all those who go down to the dust

will kneel before Him —

even the one who cannot preserve his life. Is 45:23; Rm 14:11; Php 2:10

30Their descendants will serve Him;

the next generation will be told about the Lord. Ps 102:18,28

31They will come and tell a people yet to be born

about His righteousness —

what He has done. Ps 71:18; 78:6