Psalms 22
1 To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou] far from my salvation, from 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 My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
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 And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.
But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.
4 Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.
In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.
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 the despised of the people.
But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
7 All they that 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 Commit it to Jehovah — let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!
He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make 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 art my God from my mother's belly.
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; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.
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 become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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 cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in 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; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded 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, they 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 cast lots upon my vesture.
They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
19 But thou, Jehovah, be not far [from me]; O my strength, haste 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; my only one 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 buffaloes hast thou answered me.
Save me from the lion’s mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and revere 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 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.
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 is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that 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 that seek him: your heart shall live 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 shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families 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 ruleth 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 shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own 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 shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath 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.
