< 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 choirmaster on [the] doe of the dawn a psalm of David. O God my God my why? have you forsaken me [are] far from deliverance my [the] words of cry of distress my.
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
O God my I call out by day and not you answer and night and not repose [belongs] to me.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
And you [are] holy sitting [the] praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
In you they trusted ancestors our they trusted and you delivered them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
To you they cried out and they were delivered in you they trusted and not they were ashamed.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
And I [am] a worm and not a man a reproach of humankind and despised of a 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 they mock me they make a separation with a lip they shake a head.
8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Roll to Yahweh let him rescue him let him deliver him for he delights 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.
For you [were] drawing forth me from [the] belly [were] making trust me on [the] breasts of mother my.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
On you I was cast from [the] womb from [the] belly of mother my [have been] God my you.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
May not you be far from me for trouble [is] near for there not [is] a helper.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
They have surrounded me bulls many mighty [bulls] of Bashan they have encircled me.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
They have opened on me mouth their a lion tearing and roaring.
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 I have been poured out and they have become dislocated all bones my it has become heart my like wax it has melted in [the] midst of inward parts my.
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.
It has dried up like earthenware - strength my and tongue my [has been] made to cling to jaws my and to [the] dust of death you put me.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
For they have surrounded me dogs a company of evil-doers they have encircled me (like a lion *L(D)*) hands my and feet my.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
I count all bones my they they look they look on me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
They distribute clothes my to themselves and on clothing my they cast a lot.
19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
And you O Yahweh may not you be distant O strength my to help my make haste!
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Deliver! from [the] sword life my from [the] hand of a dog only [life] my.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Save me from [the] mouth of a lion and from [the] horns of wild oxen you have answered me.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
I will recount name your to brothers my in among [the] assembly I will praise you.
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.
O [those] fearing Yahweh - praise him O all [the] offspring of Jacob honor him and be afraid from him O all [the] offspring 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 not he has despised and not he has detested [the] affliction of an afflicted [person] and not he has hidden face his from him and when cried for help he to him he heard.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
[is] from With you praise my in [the] assembly great vows my I will pay before [those] fearing him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
They will eat humble [people] - so they may be satisfied they will praise Yahweh [those who] seek him may it live heart your 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.
They will remember - and they may turn to Yahweh all [the] ends of [the] earth so they may bow down before you all [the] clans of [the] nations.
28 For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.
For [belongs] to Yahweh the kingship and [he is] ruling over 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.
They have eaten and they have bowed down - all [the] fat [people] of [the] earth before him they will bow down all [those who are] about to go down of dust and life his not he has preserved alive.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Offspring it will serve him it will be recounted of [the] Lord to the generation.
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 they may declare righteousness his to a people about to be born that he has acted.