Psalms 22

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

2 I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

O my God, I cry in the day time, but you hear not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

3 Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

But you are holy, O you that inhabit the praises of Israel.

4 In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.

Our fathers trusted in you: they trusted, and you did deliver them.

5 They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.

They cried to you, and were delivered: they trusted in you, and were not confounded.

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

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

7 All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

8 “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”

He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

9 Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

But you are he that took me out of the womb: you did make me hope when I was on my mother’s breasts.

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

I was cast on you from the womb: you are my God from my mother’s belly.

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

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

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

Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

They gaped on me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the middle of my bowels.

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.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue sticks to my jaws; and you have brought me into the dust of death.

16 For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

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

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare on me.

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

They part my garments among them, and cast lots on my clothing.

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

But be not you far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste you to help me.

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

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

Save me from the lion’s mouth: for you have heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

22 I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.

I will declare your name to my brothers: in the middle of the congregation will I praise you.

23 You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!

You that fear the LORD, praise him; all you the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all you the seed of Israel.

24 For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.

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.

25 My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.

My praise shall be of you in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before you.

28 For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.

For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the nations.

29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.

All they that be fat on earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

30 Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

31 They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn— all that He has done.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he has done this.