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Psalms Chapter 22

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In this chapter David describes his despair after being mocked and threatened with death, yet he finds God's steadfast protection. He cries out for justice and God's deliverance, emphasizing that the righteous will be vindicated. The passage highlights the contrast between human cruelty and divine faithfulness.

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(1) 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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Psalms 22:16Psalms 42:1Psalms 42:2Psalms 31:14Psalms 31:15Psalms 31:16Psalms 43:1Psalms 43:2Psalms 43:3Psalms 43:4Psalms 43:5Matthew 27:46

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I Samuel 1:8Genesis 4:6Judges 5:28I Samuel 19:17I Chronicles 21:3II Chronicles 24:20

(2) 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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Psalms 42:3Psalms 55:16Psalms 55:17Psalms 88:1Luke 18:7I Thessalonians 3:10II Timothy 1:3Psalms 80:4Lamentations 3:8Lamentations 3:44Luke 6:12Luke 22:41

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Jeremiah 33:20Psalms 28:1

(3) But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
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Psalms 145:17Isaiah 6:3Revelation 4:8Psalms 50:23Psalms 65:1Deuteronomy 10:21

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Psalms 47:6

(4) Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
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Psalms 44:1Psalms 44:2Psalms 44:3Psalms 44:4Psalms 44:5Psalms 44:6Psalms 44:7Genesis 15:6Genesis 32:9Genesis 32:10Genesis 32:11Genesis 32:12

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Psalms 22:8I Samuel 15:19Isaiah 57:9Matthew 27:43

(5) They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
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Psalms 99:6Psalms 99:7Psalms 106:44Judges 4:3Judges 6:6Judges 10:10Judges 10:11Judges 10:12Judges 10:13Judges 10:14Judges 10:15Judges 10:16

(6) But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
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Job 25:6Isaiah 41:14Psalms 31:1Psalms 69:7Psalms 69:8Psalms 69:9Psalms 69:10Psalms 69:11Psalms 69:12Psalms 69:19Psalms 69:20Psalms 88:8

(7) All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
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Psalms 35:15Psalms 35:16Matthew 9:24Matthew 27:29Matthew 27:39Mark 15:20Mark 15:29Luke 16:14Luke 23:11Luke 23:35Luke 23:36Luke 23:37

(8) He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
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Psalms 37:5Psalms 55:22Proverbs 16:3Matthew 27:42Matthew 27:43Psalms 3:1Psalms 3:2Psalms 42:10Psalms 71:11Psalms 91:14Mark 15:30Mark 15:31

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I Samuel 23:12I Samuel 28:19II Samuel 5:19I Chronicles 14:10II Chronicles 32:14II Chronicles 32:15

(9) 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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Psalms 71:6Psalms 139:15Psalms 139:16Isaiah 49:1Isaiah 49:2Psalms 71:17Isaiah 7:14Isaiah 7:15Isaiah 9:6Matthew 2:13Matthew 2:14Matthew 2:15

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Romans 8:24I Samuel 15:19Isaiah 57:9Genesis 29:10I Corinthians 9:10

(10) I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
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Isaiah 46:3Isaiah 46:4Isaiah 49:1Luke 2:40Luke 2:52John 20:17Jeremiah 1:5Galatians 1:15

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Genesis 29:10

(11) Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
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Psalms 10:1Psalms 13:1Psalms 13:2Psalms 13:3Psalms 35:22Psalms 38:21Psalms 69:1Psalms 69:2Psalms 69:18Psalms 71:12John 16:32Hebrews 5:7

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Psalms 60:11Psalms 108:12

(12) Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
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Psalms 68:30Jeremiah 50:11Deuteronomy 32:14Deuteronomy 32:15Isaiah 34:7Ezekiel 39:18Amos 4:1Amos 4:2Amos 4:3Matthew 27:1Acts 4:27

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I Kings 6:5Ezekiel 46:23Isaiah 28:7Haggai 2:4Joshua 13:30

(13) They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
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Psalms 22:7Psalms 35:21Job 16:10Lamentations 2:16Lamentations 3:46Matthew 26:3Matthew 26:4Matthew 26:59Matthew 26:60Matthew 26:61Matthew 26:62Matthew 26:63

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Job 4:10Isaiah 31:4Ezekiel 22:25

(14) I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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Joshua 7:5Matthew 26:38Luke 22:44John 12:27Psalms 22:17Daniel 5:6Psalms 68:2Job 23:16Mark 14:33Mark 14:34

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Jeremiah 8:1II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18Ezekiel 22:22

(15) My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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Psalms 32:3Psalms 32:4Proverbs 17:22Psalms 69:3Psalms 69:21Job 29:10Lamentations 4:4John 19:28Psalms 30:9Psalms 104:29Genesis 3:19Genesis 18:27

(16) For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
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Psalms 22:1Psalms 22:20Psalms 59:6Psalms 59:14Matthew 7:6Philippians 3:2Revelation 22:15Luke 11:53Luke 11:54Psalms 86:14Jeremiah 12:6Matthew 26:57

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Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38

(17) I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
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Psalms 102:3Psalms 102:4Psalms 102:5Job 33:21Isaiah 52:14Matthew 27:36Matthew 27:39Matthew 27:40Matthew 27:41Mark 15:29Mark 15:30Mark 15:31

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Jeremiah 8:1II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18

(18) They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
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Matthew 27:35Mark 15:24Luke 23:34John 19:23John 19:24

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Matthew 27:35Revelation 8:12Exodus 29:21Leviticus 8:30Ruth 3:13Ezekiel 44:19

(19) But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
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Psalms 22:11Psalms 10:1Psalms 18:1Psalms 21:1Psalms 40:13Psalms 40:17Psalms 69:13Psalms 69:14Psalms 69:15Psalms 69:16Psalms 69:17Psalms 69:18

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Psalms 70:1Psalms 71:12

(20) Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
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Psalms 17:13Zechariah 13:7Psalms 35:17

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Ecclesiastes 8:8

(21) Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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Luke 22:53John 14:30II Timothy 4:17I Peter 5:8Numbers 23:22Deuteronomy 33:17Job 39:9Job 39:10Isaiah 34:7John 8:59Acts 4:27Acts 5:30

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Deuteronomy 33:17

(22) I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
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Psalms 40:9Psalms 71:18Psalms 71:19John 7:25John 7:26Hebrews 2:11Hebrews 2:12Matthew 12:48Matthew 12:49Matthew 25:40Matthew 28:10John 20:17

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Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1

(23) Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
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Psalms 115:11Psalms 115:13Psalms 135:19Psalms 135:20Psalms 145:19I Chronicles 16:8I Chronicles 16:9I Chronicles 16:10I Chronicles 16:11I Chronicles 16:12I Chronicles 16:13Luke 1:50

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Genesis 26:4Jeremiah 33:26Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:29Genesis 3:15

(24) For 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.
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Psalms 22:6Psalms 35:10Psalms 69:29Psalms 69:30Psalms 69:31Psalms 69:32Psalms 69:33Psalms 69:34Isaiah 50:6Isaiah 50:7Isaiah 50:8Isaiah 50:9

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Isaiah 53:3Jonah 2:2

(25) My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
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Psalms 22:22Psalms 35:18Psalms 40:9Psalms 40:10Psalms 111:1Psalms 56:12Psalms 65:1Psalms 66:13Psalms 66:16Psalms 116:14Psalms 116:15Psalms 116:16

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Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1Jeremiah 44:25

(26) The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
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Psalms 69:32Leviticus 7:11Leviticus 7:12Leviticus 7:13Leviticus 7:14Leviticus 7:15Leviticus 7:16Leviticus 7:17Isaiah 25:6Isaiah 65:13John 6:48John 6:49

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Zephaniah 2:3Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1

(27) All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
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Psalms 2:8Psalms 72:8Psalms 72:11Psalms 86:9Psalms 98:3Isaiah 45:22Isaiah 46:8Isaiah 46:9Isaiah 49:6Isaiah 49:12Acts 14:15Acts 20:21

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John 15:19Leviticus 26:42Ezekiel 33:11John 1:10John 3:17John 17:14

(28) For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
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Psalms 47:7Psalms 47:8Daniel 7:14Obadiah 1:21Zechariah 14:9Matthew 6:13Revelation 11:15

(29) All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
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Psalms 73:7Psalms 78:31Isaiah 10:16Psalms 45:12Psalms 72:10Psalms 72:11Isaiah 60:3Isaiah 60:4Isaiah 60:5Isaiah 60:16Revelation 21:24Psalms 113:7

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Exodus 29:22Leviticus 3:9Leviticus 4:8Leviticus 8:25II Kings 5:18

(30) A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
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Isaiah 53:10Hebrews 2:13Psalms 14:5Psalms 24:6Psalms 73:15Psalms 87:6Matthew 3:9Galatians 3:26Galatians 3:27Galatians 3:28Galatians 3:29I Peter 2:9

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Genesis 26:4Jeremiah 33:26Joshua 24:15Judges 9:28

(31) They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
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Psalms 78:6Psalms 86:9Psalms 102:18Psalms 145:4Psalms 145:5Psalms 145:6Psalms 145:7Isaiah 44:3Isaiah 44:4Isaiah 44:5Isaiah 49:21Isaiah 49:22

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Romans 9:30Romans 10:3

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