Psalms 22
1 MY God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
“To the chief musician upon Ayeleth-hashachar, a psalm of David.” My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from saving me, and from the words of my loud complaint?
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
O my God! I call in the day-time, but thou answerest not; and in the night I find no rest.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
But thou art holy, O thou that dwellest amidst the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
In thee did our fathers trust: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Unto thee they cried, and were delivered: in thee they trusted, and were not put to shame.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
But I am a worm, and not a man, a reproach of men, and despised of people.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
All those who see me laugh me to scorn: they draw open their lips, they shake their head, [saying, ]
8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
“Let him throw himself on the Lord, that he may deliver him: he will save him, for he delighteth in him.”
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
Yea, thou art he that took me from the womb: thou hast been my trust when I hung on my mother's breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
Upon thee was I cast from my birth: from my mother's womb art thou my God.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Oh be not far from me [now]; for distress is near; for there is none to help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Many steers have encompassed me: the strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
They have opened wide against me their mouth, [as] a ravenous and roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Like water am I poured out, and all my bones are disjointed: my heart is become like wax, it is melted in the midst of my entrails.
15 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.
Like a potsherd is my strength dried up; and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and into the dust of death hast thou laid me down.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
For dogs have encompassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: like lions [they threaten] my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
I may number all my bones: [while] they stare and look upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
They divide my clothes among themselves, and for my garment do they cast lots.
19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
But thou, O Lord, be not far from me: O [thou who art] my strength, hasten to my aid.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Deliver from the sword my life, from the power of the dog my solitary soul.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Save me from the lion's mouth; as thou hast answered me from the horns of the reem.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
I will relate thy name unto 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; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and be in dread of him, all ye the seed of Israel.
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.
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor; neither hath he hidden his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Of thee shall be my praise in a great assembly: my vows will I pay in the presence of those who fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they who seek him shall praise the Lord: may your heart live for ever.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
All the ends of the world shall remember and return unto the Lord: and all the families of the nations shall bow themselves down before thee.
28 For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.
For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he governeth the nations.
29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
All they that eat the fat of the earth shall bow themselves down; before him shall bend the knee all that are going down into the dust; for none can keep alive his own soul.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Distant ages shall serve him; there shall be related of the Lord unto future generations.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
They will come, and will tell his righteousness unto a people yet unborn, that he hath done this.
