Psalms 22:16-29

¹⁶For dogs are round about me, a band of knaves encircles me, gnawing my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I can count my bones, every one. As for them, they feast their eyes on me.

¹⁸They divide my garments among them, and over my raiment cast lots.

¹⁹But you, O Lord, be not far, O my strength, hasten to help me.

²⁰Deliver my life from the sword my life from the power of the dogs.

²¹Save me from the jaws of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen help me.

²²I will tell of your fame to my kindred, and in the assembly will praise you.

²³Praise the Lord, you who fear him. All Jacob's seed, give him glory. All Israel's seed, stand in awe of him.

²⁴For he has not despised nor abhorred the sorrow of the sorrowful. He hid not his face from me, but he listened to my cry for help.

²⁵Of you is my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.

²⁶The afflicted will eat to their heart's desire, and those who seek after the Lord will praise him. Lift up your hearts forever.

²⁷All will call it to mind, to the ends of the earth, and turn to the Lord; and all tribes of the nations will bow down before you.

²⁸For the kingdom belongs to the Lord: he is the Lord of the nations.

²⁹To him will bow down all who sleep in the earth, and before him bend all who go down to the dust, and those who could not preserve their lives.