Psalms 22
1 “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?
Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David. O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
2 O my God! I call in the day-time, but thou answerest not; and in the night I find no rest.
O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that dwellest amidst the praises of Israel.
But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.
4 In thee did our fathers trust: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
5 Unto thee they cried, and were delivered: in thee they trusted, and were not put to shame.
They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and not a man, a reproach of men, and despised of people.
But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
7 All those who see me laugh me to scorn: they draw open their lips, they shake their head, [saying, ]
All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.
8 “Let him throw himself on the Lord, that he may deliver him: he will save him, for he delighteth in him.”
He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.
9 Yea, thou art he that took me from the womb: thou hast been my trust when I hung on my mother's breasts.
For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother.
10 Upon thee was I cast from my birth: from my mother's womb art thou my God.
I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother’s womb thou art my God,
11 Oh be not far from me [now]; for distress is near; for there is none to help.
Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.
12 Many steers have encompassed me: the strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.
13 They have opened wide against me their mouth, [as] a ravenous and roaring lion.
They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
14 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.
I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.
15 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.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have encompassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: like lions [they threaten] my hands and my feet.
For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.
17 I may number all my bones: [while] they stare and look upon me.
They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared upon me.
18 They divide my clothes among themselves, and for my garment do they cast lots.
They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
19 But thou, O Lord, be not far from me: O [thou who art] my strength, hasten to my aid.
But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.
20 Deliver from the sword my life, from the power of the dog my solitary soul.
Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the hand of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth; as thou hast answered me from the horns of the reem.
Save me from the lion’s mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will relate thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
23 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.
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
24 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.
Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.
25 Of thee shall be my praise in a great assembly: my vows will I pay in the presence of those who fear him.
With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they who seek him shall praise the Lord: may your heart live for ever.
The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
27 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.
All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight.
28 For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he governeth the nations.
For the kingdom is the Lord’s; and he shall have dominion over the nations.
29 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.
All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
30 Distant ages shall serve him; there shall be related of the Lord unto future generations.
And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.
31 They will come, and will tell his righteousness unto a people yet unborn, that he hath done this.
There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.
