Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Psalms 22
1A psalm for David. The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing. 2He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up, on the water of refreshment: 3He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of justice, for his own name’s sake. 4For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me. 5Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly is it! 6And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days.
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition. Challoner / 1899 American edition is public domain.