Psalm 22 with antiphon: they part my garments
Channel: Katie Richardson
Date: 2020-05-26

Psalm 22 is sung during the stripping of the altar on Maundy Thursday.  It is presented here with antiphon "They part my garments among them, and cast lots for my clothing".



St Peter’s Eastern Hill Virtual Chant Choir
Singers: Sarah Harris, Louisa Billeter, Sharon Mulready, Daniel Mitterdorfer, Katie Richardson, Danielle Venning, Roger Venning, Rachel Ellyard

1 My God, my God, look upon me; why hast thou for-sa-kenˆme :
and art so far from my health, and from the words of myˆcom-plaint?
2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not :
and in the night-season also I takeˆno rest.
3 And thou continuest ho-ly :
O thou worship of Isˆra-el.
4 Our fathers hoped in thee :
they trusted in thee, and thou didst de-livˆer them.
5 They called upon thee, and were hol-pen :
they put their trust in thee, and were not con-found-ed.
6 But as for me, I am a worm and no man :
a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the peo-ple.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn :
they shoot out their lips, and shake theirˆhëads say-ing,
8 He trusted in God that he would de-liv-erˆhim :
let him deliver him, if he will have him.
9 But thou art he that took me out of my mother’s womb :
thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon my moˆther’s breasts.
10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born :
thou art my God, even from my moˆther’s womb.
11 O go not from me, for trouble is hard at hand :
and there is none to help me.
12 Many oxen are come a-bout me :
fat bulls of Basan close me in on evˆry side.
13 They gape upon me with their mouths :
as it were a ramping and a roar-ing li-on.
14 I am poured out like water, | and all my bones are out of joint :
my heart also in the midst of my body is even like meltˆing wax.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, | and my tongue cleaveth to my gums :
and thou shalt bring me into the dustˆof death.
16 For many dogs are come a-bout me :
and the council of the wicked layeth siege a-gainst me.
17 They pierced my hands and my feet; I may tell all my bones :
they stand staring and looking up-on me.
18 They part my garments a-mong them :
and cast lots upon my ves-ture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord :
thou art my succour, haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword :
my darling from the pow-er ofˆthe dog.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth :
thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unˆi-corns.
22 I will declare thy Name unto my bre-thren :
in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 O praise the Lord, ye that fear him :
magnify him, all ye of the seed of Jacob, | and fear him all ye seed of Isˆra-el.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor :
he hath not hid his face from him, | but when he called unto him he heard him.
25 My praise is of thee in the great congre-ga-tion :
my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.
26 The poor shall eat, and be satis-fi-ed :
they that seek after the Lord shall praise him; your heart shall live for ev-er.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be turned unto the Lord :
and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship be-fore him.
28 For the kingdom is the Lord’s :
and he is the Governor among the peo-le.
29 All such as be fat upon earth :
have eaten, and worˆship-ped.
30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel be-fore him :
and no man hath quickened his own soul.
31 My seed shall serve him :
they shall be counted unto the Lord for a ge-ne-ra-tion.
32 They shall come, and the heavens shall declare his righ-teousˆness :
unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lordˆhath made. 
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Hoˆly Ghost; 
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. A-men