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Psalms 22:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing. "
Psalms 22:18
Verse in Context
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16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
17 I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.
18 They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.
19 But don’t be far off, LORD. You are my help. Hurry to help me!
20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.
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Psalms 22:1
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?"
Psalms 22:2
"My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent."
Psalms 22:3
"But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel."
Psalms 22:4
"Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them."
Psalms 22:5
"They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed."
Psalms 22:6
"But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people."
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