Psalms 22

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

For the chief musician; set to “The rhythm of the deer.” A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from saving me and far from the words of my anguish?

2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but you hear not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

My God, I cry out in the daytime, but you do not answer, and at night I am not silent!

3 But you are holy, O you that inhabit the praises of Israel.

Yet you are holy; you sit as king with the praises of Israel.

4 Our fathers trusted in you: they trusted, and you did deliver them.

Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted in you, and you rescued them.

5 They cried unto you, and were delivered: they trusted in you, and were not confounded.

They cried to you and they were rescued. They trusted in you and were not disappointed.

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 disgrace to humanity and despised by the 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 taunt me; they mock me; they shake their heads at me.

8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

They say, “He trusts in Yahweh; let Yahweh rescue him. Let him rescue him, for he delights in him.”

9 But you are he that took me out of the womb: you did make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

For you brought me from the womb; you made me trust you when I was on my mother's breasts.

10 I was cast upon you from the womb: you are my God from my mother's belly.

I have been thrown on you from the womb; you are my God since I was in my mother's womb!

11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Do not be far away from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to help.

12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me.

13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

They open their mouths wide against me like a roaring lion ripping its victim.

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.

I am being poured out like water, and all my bones are dislocated. My heart is like wax; it melts away within my inner parts.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and you have brought me into the dust of death.

My strength has dried up like a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust of death.

16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

For dogs have surrounded me; a company of evildoers has encircled me; they have pierced my hands and my feet.

17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

I can count all my bones. They look and stare at me.

18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

They divide my garments among themselves, they cast lots for my clothes.

19 But be not you far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste you to help me.

Do not be far away, Yahweh; please hurry to help me, my strength!

20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

Rescue my soul from the sword, my only life from the claws of wild dogs.

21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for you have heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

Save me from the lion's mouth; rescue me from the horns of the wild oxen.

22 I will declare your name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise you.

I will declare your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.

23 All of you that fear the LORD, praise him; all you the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all you the seed of Israel.

You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!

24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

For he has not despised or abhorred the suffering of the afflicted one; Yahweh has not hidden his face from him; when the afflicted one cried to him, he heard.

25 My praise shall be of you in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

My praise will be because of you in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before 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 oppressed will eat and be satisfied; those who seek Yahweh will praise him. May your hearts live forever.

27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.

All the peoples of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh; all the families of the nations will bow down before you.

28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations.

For the kingdom is Yahweh's; he is the ruler 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.

All the prosperous people of the earth will feast and will worship; all those who are descending into the dust will bow before him, those who cannot preserve their own lives.

30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

A generation to come will serve him; they will tell the next generation of the Lord.

31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he has done this.

They will come and tell of his righteousness; they will tell to a people not yet born what he has done!