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 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 crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience.
O my God! I cry during the day, but thou hearest not; In the night also, but I have no rest.
3 But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the prayses of Israel.
And yet thou art holy, Dwelling amid the praises of Israel!
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them.
Our fathers trusted in thee; They trusted, and thou didst save them.
5 They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: 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 worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt 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 see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying,
All who see me scoff at me; They open wide the lips; they shake the head.
8 He trusted in the Lord, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him.
“He trusted in the LORD, let him help him; Let him deliver him, since he delighted in him!”
9 But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts.
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 vpon thee, euen from ye wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.
Upon thee have I cast myself from my birth; Thou hast been my God from my earliest breath!
11 Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me.
Oh, be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help!
12 Many yong bulles haue compassed me: mightie bulles of Bashan haue closed me about.
Many bulls surround me; Strong bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.
13 They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.
They open their mouths wide against me, Like 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 out of joint; My heart is become like wax; It melteth in my bosom.
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 an earthen vessel, And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; Thou hast brought me 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 dogs have surrounded me; Bands of evil-doers have encompassed me, —Like lions my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: yet they beholde, and looke vpon me.
I can count all my bones; They gaze, and feast their eyes upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture.
They divide my garments among them, And for my vesture they cast lots.
19 But be thou not farre off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to helpe me.
But be not thou far from me, O LORD! O my strength! make haste to mine aid!
20 Deliuer my soule from the sword: my desolate soule from the power of the dogge.
Deliver my life from the sword; My blood 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; Shield me from the horns of the buffaloes!
22 I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying,
I will proclaim thy name to my brethren; In the midst of the congregation will I praise 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.
Praise him, ye worshippers of Jehovah! Extol him, all ye race of Jacob. And fear him, all ye race of Israel!
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 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 My prayse shalbe of thee in the great Congregation: my vowes will I perfourme before them that feare him.
My praise shall be 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 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 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 Jehovah; All the families of the nations shall worship before thee!
28 For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.
For the kingdom is Jehovah's; 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 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 Their seede shall serue him: it shalbe counted vnto the Lord for a generation.
The future generation shall serve him; The race which is to come shall hear of Jehovah.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shall be borne, because he hath done it.
They shall come, and declare his righteousness; His mighty deeds to the people that shall be born.
