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The Cry of Abandonment
Psalms 22:1-11
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¶ To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
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O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
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But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
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Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
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They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
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But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
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All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
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He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
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But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
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I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
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¶ Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
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