i1 [To the Chief Musician. Aijeleth Shahar. A Psalm of David.] i0 par My Mighty God, My Mighty God, why have You forsaken Me, and are far from My deliverance, and from the words of My groaning?

Deliver My soul from the sword, My only one from the hand of the dog.

They return at evening; they growl like a dog, and go all around the city.

And at evening when they return, let them growl like a dog, and go all around the city.

Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision!

But outside are dogs and sorcerers and prostitutes and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and produces a lie.

And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to quarrel with Him forcefully, and to cross-examine Him about many things,

lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, in order to accuse Him.

O God, the proud have risen against me, and the company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set You before them.

For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you. Yea, they have called out a multitude after you. Do not believe them, though they speak pleasant things to you.

And those who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

And the soldiers led Him away into the hall called Praetorium, and they called together the whole garrison.

and began to salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews!

And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

Now the men who held Jesus mocked Him and beat Him.

And many other things they blasphemously spoke against Him.

If You are the Christ, tell us. But He said to them, If I tell you, you will by no means believe.

Hereafter the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the power of God.

And they said, What further testimony do we need? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth.

So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, I find no fault in this man.

But they were the more insistant, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.

And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him.

Then Herod, with his men of war, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.

But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men and of the chief priests prevailed.

And I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and supplication. And they shall look on Me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they shall be bitter over Him, like the bitterness over the firstborn.

And they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: They divided My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.

And when they crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take.

And when they had come to the place called Skull, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

And again another Scripture says, They shall look on Him whom they pierced.

The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord. So he said to them, Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not ever believe.

Then He said to Thomas, Bring your finger here, and look at My hands; and bring your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.