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?
| לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל־אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ אֵלִי אֵלִי לָמָה עֲזַבְתָּנִי רָחוֹק מִֽישׁוּעָתִי דִּבְרֵי שַׁאֲגָתִֽי׃ |
2 My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
| אֱֽלֹהַי אֶקְרָא יוֹמָם וְלֹא תַעֲנֶה וְלַיְלָה וְֽלֹא־דֽוּמִיָּה לִֽי׃ |
3 And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.
| וְאַתָּה קָדוֹשׁ יוֹשֵׁב תְּהִלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ |
4 Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.
| בְּךָ בָּטְחוּ אֲבֹתֵינוּ בָּטְחוּ וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵֽמוֹ׃ |
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.
| אֵלֶיךָ זָעֲקוּ וְנִמְלָטוּ בְּךָ בָטְחוּ וְלֹא־בֽוֹשׁוּ׃ |
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
| וְאָנֹכִי תוֹלַעַת וְלֹא־אִישׁ חֶרְפַּת אָדָם וּבְזוּי עָֽם׃ |
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying: ]
| כָּל־רֹאַי יַלְעִגוּ לִי יַפְטִירוּ בְשָׂפָה יָנִיעוּ רֹֽאשׁ׃ |
8 Commit it to Jehovah — let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!
| גֹּל אֶל־יְהוָה יְפַלְּטֵהוּ יַצִּילֵהוּ כִּי חָפֵֽץ בּֽוֹ׃ |
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother's breasts.
| כִּֽי־אַתָּה גֹחִי מִבָּטֶן מַבְטִיחִי עַל־שְׁדֵי אִמִּֽי׃ |
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother's belly.
| עָלֶיךָ הָשְׁלַכְתִּי מֵרָחֶם מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אֵלִי אָֽתָּה׃ |
11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
| אַל־תִּרְחַק מִמֶּנִּי כִּי־צָרָה קְרוֹבָה כִּי־אֵין עוֹזֵֽר׃ |
12 Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.
| סְבָבוּנִי פָּרִים רַבִּים אַבִּירֵי בָשָׁן כִּתְּרֽוּנִי׃ |
13 They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
| פָּצוּ עָלַי פִּיהֶם אַרְיֵה טֹרֵף וְשֹׁאֵֽג׃ |
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.
| כַּמַּיִם נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי וְהִתְפָּֽרְדוּ כָּֽל־עַצְמוֹתָי הָיָה לִבִּי כַּדּוֹנָג נָמֵס בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָֽי׃ |
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.
| יָבֵשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׂ ׀ כֹּחִי וּלְשׁוֹנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֹחָי וְֽלַעֲפַר־מָוֶת תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽנִי׃ |
16 For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
| כִּי סְבָבוּנִי כְּלָבִים עֲדַת מְרֵעִים הִקִּיפוּנִי כָּאֲרִי יָדַי וְרַגְלָֽי׃ |
17 I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me;
| אֲסַפֵּר כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָי הֵמָּה יַבִּיטוּ יִרְאוּ־בִֽי׃ |
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
| יְחַלְּקוּ בְגָדַי לָהֶם וְעַל־לְבוּשִׁי יַפִּילוּ גוֹרָֽל׃ |
19 But thou, Jehovah, be not far [from me]; O my strength, haste thee to help me.
| וְאַתָּה יְהוָה אַל־תִּרְחָק אֱיָלוּתִי לְעֶזְרָתִי חֽוּשָׁה׃ |
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;
| הַצִּילָה מֵחֶרֶב נַפְשִׁי מִיַּד־כֶּלֶב יְחִידָתִֽי׃ |
21 Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.
| הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי מִפִּי אַרְיֵה וּמִקַּרְנֵי רֵמִים עֲנִיתָֽנִי׃ |
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
| אֲסַפְּרָה שִׁמְךָ לְאֶחָי בְּתוֹךְ קָהָל אֲהַלְלֶֽךָּ׃ |
23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and revere him, all ye the seed of Israel.
| יִרְאֵי יְהוָה ׀ הַֽלְלוּהוּ כָּל־זֶרַע יַעֲקֹב כַּבְּדוּהוּ וְגוּרוּ מִמֶּנּוּ כָּל־זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ |
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.
| כִּי לֹֽא־בָזָה וְלֹא שִׁקַּץ עֱנוּת עָנִי וְלֹא־הִסְתִּיר פָּנָיו מִמֶּנּוּ וּֽבְשַׁוְּעוֹ אֵלָיו שָׁמֵֽעַ׃ |
25 My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
| מֵאִתְּךָ תְּֽהִלָּתִי בְּקָהָל רָב נְדָרַי אֲשַׁלֵּם נֶגֶד יְרֵאָֽיו׃ |
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
| יֹאכְלוּ עֲנָוִים ׀ וְיִשְׂבָּעוּ יְהַֽלְלוּ יְהוָה דֹּרְשָׁיו יְחִי לְבַבְכֶם לָעַֽד׃ |
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee:
| יִזְכְּרוּ ׀ וְיָשֻׁבוּ אֶל־יְהוָה כָּל־אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְפָנֶיךָ כָּֽל־מִשְׁפְּחוֹת גּוֹיִֽם׃ |
28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.
| כִּי לַיהוָה הַמְּלוּכָה וּמֹשֵׁל בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ |
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.
| אָכְלוּ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ ׀ כָּֽל־דִּשְׁנֵי־אֶרֶץ לְפָנָיו יִכְרְעוּ כָּל־יוֹרְדֵי עָפָר וְנַפְשׁוֹ לֹא חִיָּֽה׃ |
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
| זֶרַע יַֽעַבְדֶנּוּ יְסֻפַּר לַֽאדֹנָי לַדּֽוֹר׃ |
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [it].
| יָבֹאוּ וְיַגִּידוּ צִדְקָתוֹ לְעַם נוֹלָד כִּי עָשָֽׂה׃ |
