Psalms 22

1 Unto the end. For the tasks of early morning. A Psalm of David. O God, my God, look upon me. Why have you forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my offenses.

For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?

2 My God, I will cry out by day, and you will not heed, and by night, and it will not be foolishness for me.

O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou answerest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

3 But you dwell in holiness, O Praise of Israel.

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

4 In you, our fathers have hoped. They hoped, and you freed them.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

5 They cried out to you, and they were saved. In you, they hoped and were not confounded.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not ashamed.

6 But I am a worm and not a man: a disgrace among men, and an outcast of the people.

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

7 All those who saw me have derided me. They have spoken with the lips and shook the head.

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

8 He has hoped in the Lord, let him rescue him. Let him save him because he chooses him.

Commit [thyself] unto the LORD; let him deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighteth in him.

9 For you are the one who has drawn me out of the womb, my hope from the breasts of my mother.

But thou art he that took me out the womb: thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon my mother’s breasts.

10 I have been thrown upon you from the womb; from the womb of my mother, you are my God.

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

11 Do not depart from me. For tribulation is near, since there is no one who may help me.

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

12 Many calves have surrounded me; fat bulls have besieged me.

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

13 They have opened their mouths over me, just like a lion seizing and roaring.

They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 And so, I have been poured out like water, and all my bones have been scattered. My heart has become like wax, melting in the midst of my chest.

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

15 My strength has dried up like clay, and my tongue has adhered to my jaws. And you have pulled me down, into the dust of death.

My Strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

16 For many dogs have surrounded me. The council of the malicious has besieged me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of evil-doers have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

17 They have numbered all my bones. And they have examined me and stared at me.

I may tell all my bones; they look and stare upon me:

18 They divided my garments among them, and over my vestment, they cast lots.

They part my garments among them, and upon my vesture do they cast lots.

19 But you, O Lord, do not take your help far from me; be attentive to my defense.

But be not thou far off, O LORD: O thou my succour, haste thee to help me.

20 O God, rescue my soul from the spear, and my only one from the hand of the dog.

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

21 Save me from the mouth of the lion, and my humility from the horns of the single-horned beast.

Save me from the lion’s mouth; yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

22 I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the Church, I will praise you.

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23 You who fear the Lord, praise him. All the offspring of Jacob, glorify him.

Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.

24 May all the offspring of Israel fear him. For he has neither spurned nor despised the pleas of the poor. Neither has he turned his face away from me. And when I cried out to him, he heeded me.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

25 My praise is with you, within a great church. I will pay my vows in the sight of those who fear him.

Of thee cometh my praise in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

26 The poor will eat and be satisfied, and those who yearn for the Lord will praise him. Their hearts will live forever and ever.

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

27 All the ends of the earth will remember, and they will be converted to the Lord. And all the families of the Gentiles will adore in his sight.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

28 For the kingdom belongs to the Lord, and he will have dominion over the Gentiles.

For the kingdom is the LORD’S: and he is the ruler over the nations.

29 All the fat of the earth have gnashed their teeth, and they have adored. In his sight, they will fall down, all those who descend to the ground.

All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

30 And my soul will live for him, and my offspring will serve him.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation.

31 There will be announced for the Lord a future generation, and the heavens will announce his justice to a people who will be born, whom the Lord has made.

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.