Comment – Psalm 22 describes the figure of a righteous man in a state of suffering and persecuted but full of faith in God. It is an autobiography of the author concerning the personal painful experience, to propose it as an example to the faithful so that they look at it as a model of support in the most difficult moments of life, especially when they feel rejected and struck by the closest people.
Psalm 22 complete
[1] To the choir master. On the air: "Aurora deer". Psalm. Di Davide.
[2] “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? You are far from my salvation ": these are the words of my lament.
[3] My God, I invoke by day and do not answer, I cry at night and find no rest.
[4] Yet you dwell in the holy abode, you, praise of Israel.
[5] Our fathers hoped in you, they hoped and you freed them;
[6] they cried to you and were saved, hoping in you they were not disappointed.
[7] But I am a worm, not a man, infamy of men, rejection of my people.
[8] Those who see me mock me, twist their lips, shake their heads:
[9] “He entrusted himself to the Lord, he will escape him; release him if he is his friend. "
[10] It is you who brought me from my womb, you made me rest on my mother's breast.
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[11] At my birth you gathered me, from my mother's womb you are my God.
[12] Do not stay away from me, since anguish is near and nobody helps me.
[13] Numerous bulls surround me, bulls of Basan besiege me.
[14] Their mouth opens wide like a lion tearing and roaring.
[15] Like water I am poured, all my bones are dislocated. My heart is like wax, it melts in the middle of my bowels.
[16] My palate is as dry as a shard, my tongue has stuck to my throat, on the dust of death you laid me down.
[17] A pack of dogs surround me, a band of wicked ones besiege me; they pierced my hands and feet,
[18] I can count all my bones. They look at me, they observe me:
[19] my garments are divided, they cast my fate on my dress.
[20] But you, Lord, do not stay away, my strength, run to my aid.
[21] Get away from the sword, from the dog's nails my life.
[22] Save me from the lion's mouth and the buffalo horns.
[23] I will announce your name to my brothers, I will praise you in the middle of the assembly.
[24] Praise the Lord, you who fear him, give him glory the lineage of Jacob, the whole lineage of Israel fear him;
[25] because he did not despise or scorn the affliction of the poor, he did not hide his face from him, but, at his cry for help, he answered him.
[26] You are my praise in the great assembly, I will dissolve my vows before his faithful.
[27] The poor will eat and be satisfied, they will praise the Lord for those who seek him: "Long live their heart forever".
[28] All the ends of the earth will remember and return to the Lord, all the families of the peoples will bow down to him.
[29] Since the kingdom is of the Lord, he rules over all nations.
[30] To him alone those who sleep in the ground will bow down, before him those who descend in the dust will bend over. And I will live for him,
[31] my offspring will serve him. We will speak of the Lord to the coming generation;
[32] they will proclaim his justice; to the people who will be born they will say: "Here is the work of the Lord!".
