XXII
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar

A Psalm of David
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the

words of my roaring? 0 my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest

not; And in the night season, and am not silent. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises

of Israel.
Our fathers trusted in thee:
They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
They cried unto thee, and were delivered:
They trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
But I am a worm, and no man;
A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
All they that see me laugh me to scorn:
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him:
Let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
But thou art he that took me out of the womb:
Thou didst make me hope when I was upon my

mother's breasts.
I was cast upon thee from the womb:
Thou art my God from my mother's belly.
Be not far from me; for trouble is near;

For there is none to help.
Many bulls have com passed me:
Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
They gaped upon me with their mouths,
As a ravening and a roaring lion.
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. 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. For dogs have com passed me: The assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: They pierced my hands and

my

feet. may tell all

my

bones:
They look and stare upon me.
They part my garments among them,
And cast lots upon my vesture.
But be not thou far from me, O Lord:
O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Deliver

my

soul from the sword; My darling from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion's mouth: For thou hast heard me from the horns of the uni

corns. I will declare thy name unto my

brethren:

I

In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him;
All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;
And fear him,

all
ye

the seed of Israel. 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. My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. The meek shall eat and be satisfied: They shall praise the Lord that seek him: Your heart shall live for ever. All the ends of the world shall remember and turn

unto the Lord: And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship

before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's: And he is the governor among

the nations. 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. A seed shall serve him; It shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

XXIII

A Psalm of David
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in

green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his

name's sake. Yea, though 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. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence

of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth

over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the

days of my life: And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

XXIV

A Psalm of David The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it

upon

the

seas, And established it upon the floods.

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ?
Or who shall stand in his holy place?
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;
Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity,
Nor sworn deceitfully.
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This is the generation of them that seek him,
That seek thy face, O Jacob.

Selah. Lift

up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; Even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

up my soul.

XXV

A Psalm of David Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, Let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: