Psalms 22
1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “DOE OF THE MORNING.” A PSALM OF DAVID. My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Far from My salvation, The words of My roaring?
To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David. My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?
2 My God, I call by day, and You do not answer, And by night, and am not silent.
O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.
3 And You [are] holy, Sitting—the Praise of Israel.
But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.
4 In You our fathers trusted; They trusted, and You deliver them.
Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.
5 To You they cried, and were delivered, In You they trusted, and were not disappointed.
They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.
6 And I [am] a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.
But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
7 All beholding Me mock at Me, They make free with the lip—shake the head,
I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,
8 “Roll to YHWH, He delivers Him, He delivers Him, for He delighted in Him.”
He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.
9 For You [are] He bringing Me forth from the womb, Causing Me to trust, On the breasts of My mother.
But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.
10 On You I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of My mother You [are] My God.
I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body.
11 Do not be far from Me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.
Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.
12 Many bulls have surrounded Me, Mighty ones of Bashan have surrounded Me,
A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.
13 They have opened their mouth against Me, A lion tearing and roaring.
I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.
14 I have been poured out as waters, And all my bones have separated themselves, My heart has been like wax, It is melted in the midst of My bowels.
I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
15 My power is dried up as an earthen vessel, And My tongue is cleaving to My jaws.
My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
16 And You appoint Me to the dust of death, For dogs have surrounded Me, A company of evildoers has surrounded Me, Piercing My hands and My feet.
Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
17 I count all My bones—they look expectingly, They look on Me,
I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:
18 They apportion My garments to themselves, And they cause a lot to fall for My clothing.
They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.
19 And You, O YHWH, do not be far off, O My strength, hurry to help Me.
Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.
20 Deliver My soul from the sword, My only one from the paw of a dog.
Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.
21 Save Me from the mouth of a lion And You have answered Me from the horns of the high places!
Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.
22 I declare Your Name to My brothers, In the midst of the assembly I praise You.
I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.
23 You who fear YHWH, praise Him, All the seed of Jacob, honor Him, And be afraid of Him, all you seed of Israel.
You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.
24 For He has not despised, nor detested, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor has He hidden His face from Him, And in His crying to Him He hears.
For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.
25 Of You My praise [is] in the great assembly. I complete My vows before His fearers.
My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.
26 The humble eat and are satisfied, Those seeking Him praise YHWH, Your heart lives forever.
The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
27 Remember and return to YHWH, Do all the ends of the earth, And bow themselves before You, Do all families of the nations,
All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.
28 For to YHWH [is] the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.
For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.
29 And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, All going down to dust bow before Him, And he [who] has not revived his soul.
All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.
30 A seed serves Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.
A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.
31 They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is born, that He has made!
They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.
