Psalm 22-24New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 22

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.



1
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?

2
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.



3
Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the one Israel praises.

4
In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.

5
To you they cried out and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not put to shame.



6
But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

7
All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads.

8
“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
“let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him.”



9
Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.

10
From birth I was cast on you;
from my mother’s womb you have been my God.



11
Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.



12
Many bulls surround me;
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

13
Roaring lions that tear their prey
open their mouths wide against me.

14
I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted within me.

15
My mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death.



16
Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce my hands and my feet.

17
All my bones are on display;
people stare and gloat over me.

18
They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.



19
But you, Lord, do not be far from me.
You are my strength; come quickly to help me.

20
Deliver me from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dogs.

21
Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
save me from the horns of the wild oxen.



22
I will declare your name to my people;
in the assembly I will praise you.

23
You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

24
For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.



25
From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows.

26
The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek the Lord will praise him—
may your hearts live forever!



27
All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him,

28
for dominion belongs to the Lord
and he rules over the nations.



29
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;
all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—
those who cannot keep themselves alive.

30
Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord.

31
They will proclaim his righteousness,
declaring to a people yet unborn:
He has done it!

Psalm 23

A psalm of David.



1
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

2
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,

3
he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake.

4
Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.



5
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

6
Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.

Psalm 24

Of David. A psalm.



1
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;

2
for he founded it on the seas
and established it on the waters.



3
Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?

4
The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not trust in an idol
or swear by a false god.



5
They will receive blessing from the Lord
and vindication from God their Savior.

6
Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek your face, God of Jacob.



7
Lift up your heads, you gates;
be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

8
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.

9
Lift up your heads, you gates;
lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

10
Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory.