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?

Unto the end. For the tasks of early morning. A Psalm of David. O God, my God, look upon me. Why have you forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my offenses.

2 My God, I call by day, and You do not answer, And by night, and am not silent.

My God, I will cry out by day, and you will not heed, and by night, and it will not be foolishness for me.

3 And You [are] holy, Sitting—the Praise of Israel.

But you dwell in holiness, O Praise of Israel.

4 In You our fathers trusted; They trusted, and You deliver them.

In you, our fathers have hoped. They hoped, and you freed them.

5 To You they cried, and were delivered, In You they trusted, and were not disappointed.

They cried out to you, and they were saved. In you, they hoped and were not confounded.

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: a disgrace among men, and an outcast of the people.

7 All beholding Me mock at Me, They make free with the lip—shake the head,

All those who saw me have derided me. They have spoken with the lips and shook the head.

8 “Roll to YHWH, He delivers Him, He delivers Him, for He delighted in Him.”

He has hoped in the Lord, let him rescue him. Let him save him because he chooses him.

9 For You [are] He bringing Me forth from the womb, Causing Me to trust, On the breasts of My mother.

For you are the one who has drawn me out of the womb, my hope from the breasts of my mother.

10 On You I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of My mother You [are] My God.

I have been thrown upon you from the womb; from the womb of my mother, you are my God.

11 Do not be far from Me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.

Do not depart from me. For tribulation is near, since there is no one who may help me.

12 Many bulls have surrounded Me, Mighty ones of Bashan have surrounded Me,

Many calves have surrounded me; fat bulls have besieged me.

13 They have opened their mouth against Me, A lion tearing and roaring.

They have opened their mouths over me, just like a lion seizing and roaring.

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.

And so, I have been poured out like water, and all my bones have been scattered. My heart has become like wax, melting in the midst of my chest.

15 My power is dried up as an earthen vessel, And My tongue is cleaving to My jaws.

My strength has dried up like clay, and my tongue has adhered to my jaws. And you have pulled me down, into the dust of death.

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.

For many dogs have surrounded me. The council of the malicious has besieged me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

17 I count all My bones—they look expectingly, They look on Me,

They have numbered all my bones. And they have examined me and stared at me.

18 They apportion My garments to themselves, And they cause a lot to fall for My clothing.

They divided my garments among them, and over my vestment, they cast lots.

19 And You, O YHWH, do not be far off, O My strength, hurry to help Me.

But you, O Lord, do not take your help far from me; be attentive to my defense.

20 Deliver My soul from the sword, My only one from the paw of a dog.

O God, rescue my soul from the spear, and my only one from the hand of the dog.

21 Save Me from the mouth of a lion And You have answered Me from the horns of the high places!

Save me from the mouth of the lion, and my humility from the horns of the single-horned beast.

22 I declare Your Name to My brothers, In the midst of the assembly I praise You.

I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the Church, I will praise you.

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 fear the Lord, praise him. All the offspring of Jacob, glorify him.

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.

May all the offspring of Israel fear him. For he has neither spurned nor despised the pleas of the poor. Neither has he turned his face away from me. And when I cried out to him, he heeded me.

25 Of You My praise [is] in the great assembly. I complete My vows before His fearers.

My praise is with you, within a great church. I will pay my vows in the sight of those who fear him.

26 The humble eat and are satisfied, Those seeking Him praise YHWH, Your heart lives forever.

The poor will eat and be satisfied, and those who yearn for the Lord will praise him. Their hearts will live forever and 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 remember, and they will be converted to the Lord. And all the families of the Gentiles will adore in his sight.

28 For to YHWH [is] the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.

For the kingdom belongs to the Lord, and he will have dominion over the Gentiles.

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 of the earth have gnashed their teeth, and they have adored. In his sight, they will fall down, all those who descend to the ground.

30 A seed serves Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.

And my soul will live for him, and my offspring will serve him.

31 They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is born, that He has made!

There will be announced for the Lord a future generation, and the heavens will announce his justice to a people who will be born, whom the Lord has made.