For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David.
The Psalm of the Cross
Matthew 27:32–56; Mark 15:21–41; Luke 23:26–43; John 19:16–30
1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?+ 2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.+ 3But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.+ 4Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.+ 5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.+ 6But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.+ 7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],+ 8Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.+ 9But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon my mother’s breasts.+ 10I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.+ 11Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.+ 12Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.+ 13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.+ 14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.+ 15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.+ 16For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.+ 17I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me;+ 18They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.+ 19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.+ 20Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.+ 21Save me from the lion’s mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.+ 22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.+ 23Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.+ 24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.+ 25Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.+ 26The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.+ 27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.+ 28For the kingdom is Jehovah’s; And he is the ruler over the nations.+ 29All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.+ 30A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation.+ 31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.+