God is SHE/God is THEY Psalms

Psalm 22

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.
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?
2. O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
3. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4. Our ancestors trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6. But I am a worm, and no human; a reproach of all, and despised of the people.
7. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8. They trusted on the Lord that They would deliver them: let Them deliver them, seeing they delighted in Them.
9. But thou art They that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was being nursed.
10. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my birth.
11. Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
12. Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a 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 in the midst of my bowels.
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.
16. For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19. But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
20. Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
21. Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
22. I will declare thy name unto my peers: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23. Ye that fear the Lord, praise Them; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify Them; and fear Them, all ye the seed of Israel.
24. For They have not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither have They hid Their face from them; but when they cried unto Them, They heard.
25. My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear Them.
26. The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek Them: your heart shall live for ever.
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.
28. For the dominion is the Lord's: and They are the governor among the nations.
29. All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before Them: and none can keep alive their own soul.
30. A seed shall serve Them; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31. They shall come, and shall declare Her righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that They have done this.

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DELIVERANCE FROM DESPAIR - To read this Psalm beside the warm glow of a Pink Candle will surely brighten one's attitude and assist one in seeking a solution to the trying situation.

At any time one is discouraged, repeat Verse 19 for instant help and encouragement. - Power of the Psalms, by Anna Riva

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