Daily Bible Readings October 14, 2015

Psalm 22

For the music leader. According to the “Doe of Dawn.” A psalm of David.

22 My God! My God,     why have you left me all alone?     Why are you so far from saving me—         so far from my anguished groans? 2 My God, I cry out during the day,     but you don’t answer;     even at nighttime I don’t stop. 3 You are the holy one, enthroned. You are Israel’s praise. 4 Our ancestors trusted you—     they trusted you and you rescued them; 5     they cried out to you and they were saved;     they trusted you and they weren’t ashamed. 6 But I’m just a worm, less than human;     insulted by one person, despised by another. 7 All who see me make fun of me—     they gape, shaking their heads: 8     “He committed himself to the Lord,         so let God rescue him;         let God deliver him         because God likes him so much.” 9 But you are the one who pulled me from the womb,     placing me safely at my mother’s breasts. 10 I was thrown on you from birth;     you’ve been my God     since I was in my mother’s womb. 11 Please don’t be far from me,     because trouble is near         and there’s no one to help. 12 Many bulls surround me;     mighty bulls from Bashan encircle me. 13 They open their mouths at me     like a lion ripping and roaring! 14 I’m poured out like water.     All my bones have fallen apart.         My heart is like wax;         it melts inside me. 15 My strength is dried up     like a piece of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;     you’ve set me down in the dirt of death. Common English Bible (CEB), used with permission Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible