Psalms 22
1 To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David. My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?
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 make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.
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 you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.
But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.
4 Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.
In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
5 They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you 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 not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
7 I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,
All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.
8 He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.
He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.
9 But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from 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 in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body.
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; there is no one to give help.
Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.
12 A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.
Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.
13 I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.
They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
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 throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
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 Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.
17 I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:
They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared upon me.
18 They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.
They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
19 Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.
But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.
20 Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.
Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the hand of the dog.
21 Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.
Save me from the lion’s mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.
I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
23 You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
24 For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.
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 My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.
With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.
26 The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
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 will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.
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 the Lord's; he is the ruler among 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 will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.
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 will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.
And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.
31 They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.
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.
