I wrote down this scripture passage from Pope John Paul II's
funeral mass. Psalm 22 was listed, but what was said was
Psalm 23. I decided to write down Psalm 22 - The Lord works
in mysterious ways.

Psalm 22
For the director of music. To the tune of "The Doe of the
Morning." A psalm of David.

1. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the
words of my groaning?

2. O my god, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, and am not silent.

3. Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are
the praise of Israel.

4. In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and
you delivered them.

5. They cried to you and were saved; in you they
trusted and were not disappointed.

6. But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men
and despised by the people.

7. All who see me mock me; they hurl insults,
shaking their heads:

8. "He trusts in the Lord; let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."

9. Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made
me trust in you even at my mother's breast.

10. From birth I was cast upon you; from my
mother's womb you have been my God.

11. Do not be far from me, for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.

12. Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of
Bashan encircle me.

13. Roaring lions tearing their pray open their
mouths wide against me.

14. I am poured out like water, and all my bones
are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it
has melted away within me.

15. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you
lay me in the dust of death.

16. Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil
men has encircled me, they have pierced my
hands and my feet.

17. I can count all my bones; people stare and
gloat over me.

18. They divide my garments among them and
cast lots for my clothing.

19. But you, O Lord, be not far off; O my
Strength, come quickly to help me.

20. Deliver my life from the sword, my
precious life from the power of the dogs.

21. Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
save me from the horns of the wild oxen.

22. I will declare your name to my brothers;
in the congregation I will praise you.

23. You who fear the Lord, praise him! All
you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere
him, all you descendants of Israel!

24. For he has not despised or disdained the
suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden
his face from him but has listened to his cry
for help.

25. From you comes the theme of my praise
in the great assembly; before those who fear
you will I fulfill my vows.

26. The poor will eat and be satisfied; they
who seek the Lord will praise him--
may your hearts live forever!

27. All the ends of the earth will remember
and turn to the Lord, and all the families of
the nations will bow down before him.

28. for dominion belongs to the Lord and
he rules over the nations.

29. All the rich of the earth will feast and
worship; all who go down to the dust will
kneel before him--those who cannot keep
themselves alive.

30. Posterity will serve him; future generations
will be told about the Lord.

31. They will proclaim his righteousness to
a people yet unborn--for he has done it.
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Holy Bible (NIV) New International Version