Psalm 22
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Summary
The Psalmist describes the suffering of the Anointed King. Despite all this, the King will ascend to the heavens and govern all nations.
| KJV | JST |
| (1) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? | (1) My God, why hast thou forsaken me? My God, hear the words of my roaring. Thou art far from helping me. |
| (2) O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. | (2) O my God, I cry in the daytime but thou answerest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. |
| (3) But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. | (3) But thou art holy |
| (6) But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. | (6) But I, |
| (10) I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly. | (10) I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou wast my God from my mother’s breasts. |
| (12) Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. | (12) Many armies have compassed me, strong armies of Bashan have beset me around. |
| (13) They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. | (13) They gaped upon me with their mouths like a ravening and |
| (21) Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. | (21) Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me speak from the secret places of the wilderness through the horns of the unicorns. |
| (31) They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. | (31) They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, what he hath done |
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Further Reading
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Do Biblical Psalms of Lament Show Up in the Book of Mormon? (1 Nephi 8:8),” KnoWhy 438 (May 31, 2018).
Shon D. Hopkin, “The Psalm 22:16 Controversy: New Evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls,” BYU Studies Quarterly 44 no. 3 (2005): 161–172.
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Exposition of the Entire Bible
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