Psalms 22
1 My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, and the words of my groaning?
Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David. O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answer not, and in the night season, and I am not silent.
O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.
3 But thou are holy, O thou who inhabit the praises of Israel.
But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee. They trusted, and thou delivered them.
In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
5 They cried to thee, and were delivered. They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
7 All those who see me laugh me to scorn. They shoot out the lip. They shake the head, saying,
All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.
8 He trusted on Jehovah. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.
He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.
9 But thou are he who took me out of the womb. Thou made me trust upon my mother's breasts.
For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb. Thou are my God since my mother bore me.
I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother’s womb thou art my God,
11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.
Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.
12 Many bulls have encompassed me. Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me around.
Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.
13 They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have encompassed me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet.
For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.
17 I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me.
They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and upon my vesture do they cast a lot.
They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
19 But be thou not far off, O Jehovah. O thou my succor, hasten thee to help me.
But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword, the only one of me from the power of the dog.
Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the hand of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth, yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen. Thou have answered me.
Save me from the lion’s mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare thy name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will praise thee.
I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
23 Ye who fear Jehovah, praise him. All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried to him, he heard.
Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.
25 From thee comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Jehovah who seek after him. Let your heart live forever.
The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Jehovah, and all the kinfolk of the nations shall worship before thee.
All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight.
28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he is the ruler over the nations.
For the kingdom is the Lord’s; and he shall have dominion over the nations.
29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
30 A seed shall serve him. It shall be told of the Lord to the next generation.
And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.
31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he has done it.
There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.
