Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

They called upon thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

But I am a [a]worm, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:6 And seeming most miserable of all creatures, which was meant of Christ. And herein appeareth the unspeakable love of God toward man, that he would thus abase his Son for our sakes.

In you our ancestors put their trust;
    they trusted and you delivered them.(A)
To you they cried out(B) and were saved;
    in you they trusted(C) and were not put to shame.(D)

But I am a worm(E) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,(F) despised(G) by the people.

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