Golden Text: Psalms 22:24

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?

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5

2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. 2Sam 22:7

3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Because it is written, BE YE HOLY; for I am holy. 1Peter 1:16

4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: Acts 26:6

5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3

6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. Psalms 118:8

7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Psalms 2:4

8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 2Sam 22:20

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.

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. Ecc 11:5

10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. Job 1:21

11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalms 46:1

12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. Exodus 23:22

13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1Peter 5:8

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.

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1Peter 2:24

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.

Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. Romans 6:9

16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. Zechariah 12:10

17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. Luke 24:39

18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Eph 4:24

19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. James 4:8

20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. Psalms 34:19

21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Heb 11:33

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22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Is 9:6

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.

Saying with a loud voice, worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. Rev 5:12

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.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. Is 63:9

25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. Psalms 40:10

26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. James 1:21

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.

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. Romans 14:11

28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.

The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Psalms 24:1

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.

And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. Joshua 23:14

30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. Exodus 23:25

31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 1Peter 1:23