Project 119: Psalm 21 & Psalm 22

 |  Project 119

Morning: Psalm 21

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

21 O Lord, in your strength the king rejoices,     
and in your salvation how greatly he exults!
2 You have given him his heart's desire     
and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
3 For you meet him with rich blessings;     
you set a crown of fine gold upon his head.
4 He asked life of you; you gave it to him,     
length of days forever and ever.
5 His glory is great through your salvation;     
splendor and majesty you bestow on him.
6 For you make him most blessed forever;     
you make him glad with the joy of your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the Lord,     
and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not bemoved.

8 Your hand will find out all your enemies;     
your right hand will find out those who hate you.
9 You will make them as a blazing oven  when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them.
10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,     
and their offspring from among the children of man.
11 Though they plan evil against you,     
though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.
12 For you will put them to flight;     
you will aim at their faces with your bows.

13 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength!     
We will sing and praise your power.

Evening: Psalm 22

To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.

22 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?     
Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,     
and by night, but I find no rest.

3 Yet you are holy,     
enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4 In you our fathers trusted;     
they trusted, and you delivered them.
5 To you they cried and were rescued;     
in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

6 But I am a worm and not a man,     
scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;     
they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
8 “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him;     
let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”

9 Yet you are he who took me from the womb;     
you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
10 On you was I cast from my birth,     
and from my mother's womb you have been my God.
11 Be not far from me,     
for trouble is near,     
and there is none to help.

12 Many bulls encompass me;     
strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
13 they open wide their mouths at me,     
like a ravening and roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water,     
and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax;     
it is melted within my breast;
15 my strength is dried up like a potsherd,     
and my tongue sticks to my jaws;     
you lay me in the dust of death.

16 For dogs encompass me;     
a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet—
17 I can count all my bones— they stare and gloat over me;
18 they divide my garments among them,     
and for my clothing they cast lots.

19 But you, O Lord, do not be far off!     
O you my help, come quickly to my aid!
20 Deliver my soul from the sword,     
my precious life from the power of the dog!
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!

22 I will tell of your name to my brothers;     
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!     
All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel! 24 For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted,
and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.

25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation;     
my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
26 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied;     
those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth shall remember     
and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations     
shall worship before you.
28 For kingship belongs to the Lord,     
and he rules over the nations.

29 All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;     
before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,     
even the one who could not keep himself alive.
30 Posterity shall serve him;     
it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;
31 they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn,     
that he has done it.