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?

“To the chief musician upon Ayeleth-hashachar, a psalm of David.” My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from saving me, and from the words of my loud complaint?

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 call in the day-time, but thou answerest not; and in the night I find no rest.

3 And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.

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

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

In thee did our fathers trust: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.

Unto thee they cried, and were delivered: in thee they trusted, and were not put to shame.

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 not a man, a reproach of men, and despised of people.

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

All those who see me laugh me to scorn: they draw open their lips, they shake their head, [saying, ]

8 Commit it to Jehovah — let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!

“Let him throw himself on the Lord, that he may deliver him: he will save him, for 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.

Yea, thou art he that took me from the womb: thou hast been my trust when I hung on my mother's breasts.

10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother's belly.

Upon thee was I cast from my birth: from my mother's womb art thou my God.

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

Oh be not far from me [now]; for distress is near; for there is none to help.

12 Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.

Many steers have encompassed me: the strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

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

They have opened wide against me their mouth, [as] a ravenous and roaring lion.

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.

Like water am I poured out, and all my bones are disjointed: my heart is become like wax, it is melted in the midst of my entrails.

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.

Like a potsherd is my strength dried up; and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and into the dust of death hast thou laid me down.

16 For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

For dogs have encompassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: like lions [they threaten] my hands and my feet.

17 I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me;

I may number all my bones: [while] they stare and look upon me.

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

They divide my clothes among themselves, and for my garment do they cast lots.

19 But thou, Jehovah, be not far [from me]; O my strength, haste thee to help me.

But thou, O Lord, be not far from me: O [thou who art] my strength, hasten to my aid.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;

Deliver from the sword my life, from the power of the dog my solitary soul.

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; as thou hast answered me from the horns of the reem.

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

I will relate thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation 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; and be in dread of him, all ye the seed of Israel.

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.

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

25 My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

Of thee shall be my praise in a great assembly: my vows will I pay in the presence of those who fear him.

26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they who seek him shall praise the Lord: may your heart live for 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 world shall remember and return unto the Lord: and all the families of the nations shall bow themselves down before thee.

28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.

For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he governeth 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 they that eat the fat of the earth shall bow themselves down; before him shall bend the knee all that are going down into the dust; for none can keep alive his own soul.

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

Distant ages shall serve him; there shall be related of the Lord unto future generations.

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

They will come, and will tell his righteousness unto a people yet unborn, that he hath done this.