Into your hands I commend my spirit.
① 1* 2In you, O Lord, I take refuge, may I never be disgraced; deliver me in your justice.
3Give heed to my plea, and make haste to rescue me. Be a rock of refuge for me, a fortress for my safety.
4For you are my rock and my stronghold, lead me for your name’s sake;
5free me from the snare that they have set for me. Indeed you are my protector.
6Into your hands I commend my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.
7You hate those who worship worthless idols; but I put all my trust in the Lord.
8I will rejoice and be glad in your love, for you have seen my affliction, you know the agony of my soul. 9The hand of the enemy did not grab me; you gave me room to move.
10Be merciful to me, O Lord, in my affliction; my eyes have grown dim with sorrow, my body emaciated.
11For my days are wracked with grief, and my years worn out in anguish. My strength fails because of my misery.
12I have become an object of reproach for my foes, a horror for my neighbors, a fear to my friends. Those who see me in the streets flee from me.
13I am like the dead, unremembered; I have become like a broken pot, thrown away, discarded.
14I hear whispering among the crowd, rumors that frighten me from every side – their conspiracies, their schemes, their plot to take my life.
15But I put my trust in you, O Lord, I said: “You are my God;”
16my days are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, from those after my skin.
17Make your face shine upon your servant; save me in your love.
18Let me not be dishonored, O Lord, for I have called on you;
but let the wicked lie dishonored and go to the pit never to speak.
19Let lying lips close in silence, these speaking against the just with malice and arrogance.
20How great is the goodness which you have stored for those who fear you, which you show, for all to see, to those who take refuge in you!
21In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human wiles; you keep them in your dwelling, safe from the intrigues of wagging tongues.
22Blessed be the Lord for his wonderful love! He has strengthened my heart.
23I said in my fright: “I have been cut off from your sight!”
Yet when I was crying, you heard; when I called for mercy, you listened.
24Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves his faithful, but he fully requites the arrogant.
25Be strong and take courage, all you who hope in the Lord.
- Luke attributes these words to Jesus on the cross. A little further on we find other words, You are my God, which are also in Psalm 22, and closely linked to the Passion. It will be our last hope at the moment of death.
