The Psalm of the Cross (Matthew 27:32–56; Mark 15:21–41; Luke 23:26–43; John 19:16–30)
2 AKJV O my God, I cry in the day time, but you hear not; and in the night season, and am not silent. BSB BSB: I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
3 AKJV But you are holy, O you that inhabit the praises of Israel. BSB BSB: Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4 AKJV Our fathers trusted in you: they trusted, and you did deliver them. BSB BSB: In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
5 AKJV They cried to you, and were delivered: they trusted in you, and were not confounded. BSB BSB: They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
6 AKJV But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. BSB BSB: But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
7 AKJV All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, BSB BSB: All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
8 AKJV He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. BSB BSB: “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
9 AKJV But you are he that took me out of the womb: you did make me hope when I was on my mother’s breasts. BSB BSB: Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
10 AKJV I was cast on you from the womb: you are my God from my mother’s belly. BSB BSB: From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
11 AKJV Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. BSB BSB: Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
12 AKJV Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. BSB BSB: Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13 AKJV They gaped on me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. BSB BSB: They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
14 AKJV I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the middle of my bowels. BSB BSB: I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
15 AKJV My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue sticks to my jaws; and you have brought me into the dust of death. BSB BSB: My strength 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 AKJV For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. BSB BSB: For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
17 AKJV I may tell all my bones: they look and stare on me. BSB BSB: I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
18 AKJV They part my garments among them, and cast lots on my clothing. BSB BSB: They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
19 AKJV But be not you far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste you to help me. BSB BSB: But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
20 AKJV Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. BSB BSB: Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
21 AKJV Save me from the lion’s mouth: for you have heard me from the horns of the unicorns. BSB BSB: Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
22 AKJV I will declare your name to my brothers: in the middle of the congregation will I praise you. BSB BSB: I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
23 AKJV You that fear the LORD, praise him; all you the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all you the seed of Israel. BSB BSB: You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
25 AKJV My praise shall be of you in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. BSB BSB: My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.
26 AKJV The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. BSB BSB: The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
27 AKJV All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before you. BSB BSB: All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
28 AKJV For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the nations. BSB BSB: For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
29 AKJV All they that be fat on 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. BSB BSB: All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.
30 AKJV A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. BSB BSB: Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
31 AKJV They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he has done this. BSB BSB: They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.
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