15 And I will put enmity
    between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring[a](A) and hers;(B)
he will crush[b] your head,(C)
    and you will strike his heel.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:15 Or seed
  2. Genesis 3:15 Or strike

Psalm 22[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?(A)
    Why are you so far(B) from saving me,
    so far from my cries of anguish?(C)

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  1. Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.

13 Roaring lions(A) that tear their prey(B)
    open their mouths wide(C) against me.

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16 Dogs(A) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce[a](B) my hands and my feet.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text me, / like a lion

18 They divide my clothes among them
    and cast lots(A) for my garment.(B)

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20 he protects all his bones,
    not one of them will be broken.(A)

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21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar(A) for my thirst.(B)

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26 For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.(A)

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for people who are wicked and deceitful(A)
    have opened their mouths against me;
    they have spoken against me with lying tongues.(B)

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