The quote is from Ps. 73, verse 22 - not Psalm 22. Nice article, but somebody needs to hone their skills.
| Psalms 22 |
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| 1 | My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? |
| 2 | O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest. |
| 3 | Yet thou art holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. |
| 4 | In thee our fathers trusted; they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. |
| 5 | To thee they cried, and were saved; in thee they trusted, and were not disappointed. |
| 6 | But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people. |
| 7 | All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads; |
| 8 | "He committed his cause to the LORD; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, for he delights in him!" |
| 9 | Yet thou art he who took me from the womb; thou didst keep me safe upon my mother's breasts. |
| 10 | Upon thee was I cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God. |
| 11 | Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help. |
| 12 | Many bulls encompass me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me; |
| 13 | they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and 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 within my breast; |
| 15 | my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death. |
| 16 | Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet -- |
| 17 | I can count all my bones -- they stare and gloat over me; |
| 18 | they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots. |
| 19 | But thou, O LORD, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid! |
| 20 | Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog! |
| 21 | Save me from the mouth of the lion, my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen! |
| 22 | I will tell of thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee: |
| 23 | You who fear the LORD, praise him! all you sons of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you sons of Israel! |
| 24 | For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him. |
| 25 | From thee comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him. |
| 26 | The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live for ever! |
| 27 | All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him. |
| 28 | For dominion belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations. |
| 29 | Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive. |
| 30 | Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation, |
| 31 | and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it. |
| 1 | Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart. |
| 2 | But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had well nigh slipped. |
| 3 | For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
| 4 | For they have no pangs; their bodies are sound and sleek. |
| 5 | They are not in trouble as other men are; they are not stricken like other men. |
| 6 | Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. |
| 7 | Their eyes swell out with fatness, their hearts overflow with follies. |
| 8 | They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. |
| 9 | They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth. |
| 10 | Therefore the people turn and praise them; and find no fault in them. |
| 11 | And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?" |
| 12 | Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. |
| 13 | All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. |
| 14 | For all the day long I have been stricken, and chastened every morning. |
| 15 | If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have been untrue to the generation of thy children. |
| 16 | But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, |
| 17 | until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I perceived their end. |
| 18 | Truly thou dost set them in slippery places; thou dost make them fall to ruin. |
| 19 | How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! |
| 20 | They are like a dream when one awakes, on awaking you despise their phantoms. |
| 21 | When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, |
| 22 | I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward thee. |
| 23 | Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou dost hold my right hand. |
| 24 | Thou dost guide me with thy counsel, and afterward thou wilt receive me to glory. |
| 25 | Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides thee. |
| 26 | My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. |
| 27 | For lo, those who are far from thee shall perish; thou dost put an end to those who are false to thee. |
| 28 | But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works. |
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