Psalm 22:1-8, 27-31 (NRSV)
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Verse 1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
Verse 2O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest.
Verse 3Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
Verse 4In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
Verse 5To you they cried, and were saved; in you they trusted, and were not put to shame.
Verse 6But I am a worm, and not human; scorned by others, and despised by the people.
Verse 7All who see me mock at me; they make mouths at me, they shake their heads;
Verse 8"Commit your cause to the Lord; let him deliver- let him rescue the one in whom he delights!"
Verse 27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.
Verse 28For dominion belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
Verse 29To him, indeed, shall all who sleep in the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and I shall live for him.
Verse 30Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord,
Verse 31and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.
Devotion
All day and all night, all night and another day, and no sound is to be heard. We have wandered aimlessly and we are deaf to the noises around us. We can barely feel our own heart beating. He is dead and we are still alive. In the silence of the Holy One we wait. In the silence of the Holy One, we begin to weep. In the silence of the Holy One we cry out, “My God, my God…”
Prayer
May all the earth bow down before the Holy One of Israel and may all people come to praise his holy name. Amen.