Episode 27: Prayer: PSALM 22: Crying Out to God In Your Time Of Need

PRAYER: PSALM 22

• My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning?

• O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.

• But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.

• Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered them.

• They cried to You, and were delivered; They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.

• But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.

• All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

• He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”

• But You are He who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts.

• I was cast upon You from birth. From My mother’s womb. You have been My God.

• Be not far from Me, For trouble is near; For there is none to help.

• Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me.

• They gape at Me with their mouths, Like a raging and roaring lion.

• I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me.

• My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And My tongue clings to My jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of death.

• For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet;

• I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me.

• They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.

• But You, O Lord, do not be far from Me; O My Strength, hasten to help Me!

• Deliver Me from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog.
  
• Save Me from the lion’s mouth, And from the horns of the wild oxen!
  
  
• You have answered Me.
  
  
• I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

• You who fear the Lord, praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
  
  
• And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!

• For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him; But when He cried to Him, He heard.

• My praise shall be of You in the great assembly; I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.

• The poor shall eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.

• Let your heart live forever!

• All the ends of the world. Shall remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations shall worship before You.

• For the kingdom is the Lord’s, And He rules over the nations.

• All the prosperous of the earth, Shall eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust Shall bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep himself alive.

• A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,

• They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this.