Psalms 22
1 To him that excelleth upon Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring?
For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David. O God, my God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.
2 O my God, I crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience.
O my God, I will cry to thee by day, but thou wilt not hear: and by night, and [it shall] not [be accounted] for folly to me.
3 But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the prayses of Israel.
But thou, the praise of Israel, dwellest in a sanctuary.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them.
Our fathers hoped in thee; they hoped, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
They cried to thee, and were saved: they hoped in thee, and were not ashamed.
6 But I am a worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people.
But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people.
7 All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying,
All that saw me mocked me: they spoke with [their] lips, they shook the head, [saying],
8 He trusted in the Lord, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him.
He hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him.
9 But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts.
For thou art he that drew me out of the womb; my hope from my mother's breasts.
10 I was cast vpon thee, euen from ye wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.
I was cast on thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
11 Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me.
Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; for there is no helper.
12 Many yong bulles haue compassed me: mightie bulles of Bashan haue closed me about.
Many bullocks have compassed me: fat bulls have beset me round.
13 They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.
They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and roaring lion.
14 I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are loosened: my heart in the midst of my belly is become like melting wax.
15 My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
My strength is dried up, like a potsherd; and my tongue is glued to my throat; and thou hast brought me down to the dust of death.
16 For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.
For many dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: yet they beholde, and looke vpon me.
They counted all my bones; and they observed and looked upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture.
They parted my garments [among] themselves, and cast lots upon my raiment.
19 But be thou not farre off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to helpe me.
But thou, O Lord, remove not my help afar off: be ready for mine aid.
20 Deliuer my soule from the sword: my desolate soule from the power of the dogge.
Deliver my soul from the sword; my only-begotten one from the power of the dog.
21 Saue me from the lyons mouth, and answere me in sauing me from the hornes of the vnicornes.
Save me from the lion's mouth; and [regard] my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying,
I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I sing praise to thee.
23 Prayse the Lord, ye that feare him: magnifie ye him, all the seede of Iaakob, and feare ye him, all the seede of Israel.
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye seed of Jacob, glorify him: let all the seed of Israel fear him.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred ye affliction of the poore: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called vnto him, he heard.
For he has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; nor turned away his face from me; but when I cried to him, he heard me.
25 My prayse shalbe of thee in the great Congregation: my vowes will I perfourme before them that feare him.
My praise is of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
26 The poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lord, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer.
The poor shall eat and be satisfied; and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their heart shall live for ever.
27 All the endes of the worlde shall remember themselues, and turne to the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him.
28 For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.
For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he is the governor of the nations.
29 All they that be fat in the earth, shall eate and worship: all they that go downe into the dust, shall bowe before him, euen he that cannot quicken his owne soule.
All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and worshipped: all that go down to the earth shall fall down before him: my soul also lives to him.
30 Their seede shall serue him: it shalbe counted vnto the Lord for a generation.
And my seed shall serve him: the generation that is coming shall be reported to the Lord.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shall be borne, because he hath done it.
And they shall report his righteousness to the people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made.
