Psalms 22
1 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.
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 groaning?
2 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.
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
3 But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4 In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
6 But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7 All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
8 He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.
Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
9 For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother.
But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon my mother’s breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother’s womb thou art my God,
I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.
11 Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to 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 against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 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.
I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
15 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.
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 encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.
For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
17 They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared upon me.
I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me;
18 They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.
19 But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.
But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: 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 lion’s mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
Save me from the lion’s mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
22 I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 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.
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 With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.
Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
26 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.
The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.
27 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.
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom is the Lord’s; and he shall have dominion over the nations.
For the kingdom is Jehovah’s; And he is the ruler over the nations.
29 All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
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 to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.
A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation.
31 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.
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.
