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 leader of the music. To the tune of “The hind of the morning.” A psalm of David.” My God, my God! why hast thou forsaken me? Why so far from mine aid, and from the words of my cry?
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 during the day, but thou hearest not; In the night also, but I have no rest.
3 But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.
And yet thou art holy, Dwelling amid 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 save them.
5 They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
They called upon 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 not a man; The reproach of men, and the scorn 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 who see me scoff at me; They open wide the lips; they shake the head.
8 He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.
“He trusted in the LORD, let him help him; Let him deliver him, since he delighted in him!”
9 For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother.
Surely thou art he that didst bring me into the world; Thou didst make me lie secure upon my mother's breast!
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother’s womb thou art my God,
Upon thee have I cast myself from my birth; Thou hast been my God from my earliest breath!
11 Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.
Oh, 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 surround me; Strong bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.
13 They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
They open their mouths wide against me, Like a ravening and 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 become like wax; It melteth in my bosom.
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 an earthen vessel, And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; Thou hast brought me to 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 surrounded me; Bands of evil-doers have encompassed me, —Like lions my hands and my feet.
17 They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared upon me.
I can count all my bones; They gaze, and feast their eyes upon me.
18 They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
They divide my garments among them, And for my vesture 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 from me, O LORD! O my strength! make haste to mine aid!
20 Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the hand of the dog.
Deliver my life from the sword; My blood 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; Shield me from the horns of the buffaloes!
22 I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
I will proclaim thy name to my brethren; In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
Praise him, ye worshippers of Jehovah! Extol him, all ye race of Jacob. And fear him, all ye race 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 misery of the afflicted. Nor 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.
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation; 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 afflicted shall eat, and be satisfied; They that seek the LORD shall praise him; Your hearts shall be glad for ever and 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 to Jehovah; All the families 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; He is the governor of 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 rich of the earth shall eat and worship; Before him shall they also bow, who are going down to the dust, Who cannot keep themselves alive.
30 And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.
The future generation shall serve him; The race which is to come shall hear of Jehovah.
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 declare his righteousness; His mighty deeds to the people that shall be born.
