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		Ps 22:1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? [Matt 27:46]
		Ps 22:2 O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.
		Ps 22:3 But You are holy, O You who are enthroned in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].
		Ps 22:4 In You our fathers trusted [leaned on, relied on, and were confident]; They trusted and You rescued them.
		Ps 22:5 They cried out to You and were delivered; They trusted in You and were not disappointed or ashamed.
		Ps 22:6 ¶ But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man; I am the scorn of men and despised by the people. [Matt 27:39-44]
		Ps 22:7 All who see me laugh at me and mock me; They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying, [Matt 27:43]
		Ps 22:8 "He trusted and committed himself to the LORD, let Him save him. Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him." [Matt 27:39, 43; Mark 15:29, 30; Luke 23:35]
		Ps 22:9 ¶ Yet You are He who pulled me out of the womb; You made me trust when on my mother's breasts.
		Ps 22:10 I was cast upon You from birth; From my mother's womb You have been my God.
		Ps 22:11 ¶ Do not be far from me, for trouble is near; And there is no one to help.
		Ps 22:12 Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. [Ezek 39:18; Amos 4:1]
		Ps 22:13 They open wide their mouths against me, Like a ravening and a roaring lion.
		Ps 22:14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; It is melted [by anguish] within me.
		Ps 22:15 My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery; And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws; And You have laid me in the dust of death. [John 19:28]
		Ps 22:16 For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me; A gang of evildoers has encircled me, They pierced my hands and my feet. [Is 53:7; John 19:37]
		Ps 22:17 I can count all my bones; They look, they stare at me. [Luke 23:27, 35]
		Ps 22:18 They divide my clothing among them And cast lots for my garment. [John 19:23, 24]
		Ps 22:19 ¶ But You, O LORD, do not be far from me; O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.
		Ps 22:20 Rescue my life from the sword, My only life from the paw of the dog (the executioner).
		Ps 22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.
		Ps 22:22 ¶ I will tell of Your name to my countrymen; In the midst of the congregation I will praise You. [John 20:17; Rom 8:29; Heb 2:12]
		Ps 22:23 You who fear the LORD [with awe-inspired reverence], praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him. Fear Him [with submissive wonder], all you descendants of Israel.
		Ps 22:24 For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.
		Ps 22:25 ¶ My praise will be of You in the great assembly. I will pay my vows [made in the time of trouble] before those who [reverently] fear Him.
		Ps 22:26 The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the LORD. May your hearts live forever!
		Ps 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,
		Ps 22:28 For the kingship and the kingdom are the LORD'S And He rules over the nations.
		Ps 22:29 All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
		Ps 22:30 Posterity will serve Him; They will tell of the Lord to the next generation.
		Ps 22:31 They will come and declare His righteousness To a people yet to be born--that He has done it [and that it is finished]. [John 19:30] A Psalm of David.<SS>

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