Psalms, 21
Christ's passion: and the conversion of the Gentiles.
Deus Deus meus.
[1] Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David. •
[2] O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins 1. •
The words of my sins: That is, the sins of the world, which I have taken upon myself, cry out against me, and are the cause of all my sufferings.
[3] O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me. •
[4] But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel. •
[5] In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
[6] They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. •
[7] But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people. •
[8] All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head. •
[9] He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him. •
[10] For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother. •
[11] I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother's womb thou art my God, •
[12] Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me. •
[13] Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me. •
[14] They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring. •
[15] I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels. •
[16] My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death. •
[17] For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet. •
[18] They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared upon me. •
[19] They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots. •
[20] But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence. •
[21] Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the hand of the dog. •
[22] Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns. •
[23] I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee. •
[24] Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him. •
[25] Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me. •
[26] With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him. •
[27] The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever. •
[28] All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight. •
[29] For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he shall have dominion over the nations. •
[30] All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him. •
[31] And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him. •
[32] There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made. •