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?
For the leader; set to “Deer of the Dawn”. A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you left me, my rescue so far from the words of my roaring?
2 My God, I call by day, and You do not answer, And by night, and am not silent.
I cry in the day, you do not answer, I cry in the night but find no rest.
3 And You [are] holy, Sitting—the Praise of Israel.
You are the Holy One, throned on the praises of Israel.
4 In You our fathers trusted; They trusted, and You deliver them.
In you our ancestors trusted, they trusted and you delivered them.
5 To You they cried, and were delivered, In You they trusted, and were not disappointed.
They cried to you, and found safety, in you did they trust 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, not a person; insulted by others, despised by the people.
7 All beholding Me mock at Me, They make free with the lip—shake the head,
All who see me mock me, with mouths wide open and wagging heads:
8 “Roll to YHWH, He delivers Him, He delivers Him, for He delighted in Him.”
‘He relies on the Lord; let him save him. Let him rescue the one he holds dear!’
9 For You [are] He bringing Me forth from the womb, Causing Me to trust, On the breasts of My mother.
But you drew me from the womb, laid me safely on my mother’s breasts.
10 On You I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of My mother You [are] My God.
On your care was I cast from my very birth, you are my God from my mother’s womb.
11 Do not be far from Me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.
Be not far from me, for trouble is nigh, and there is none to help.
12 Many bulls have surrounded Me, Mighty ones of Bashan have surrounded Me,
I am circled by many bulls, beset by the mighty of Bashan,
13 They have opened their mouth against Me, A lion tearing and roaring.
who face me with gaping jaws, like ravening roaring lions.
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.
Poured out am I like water, and all my bones are loosened. My heart is become like wax, melted within me.
15 My power is dried up as an earthen vessel, And My tongue is cleaving to My jaws.
My palate is dry as a sherd, my tongue sticks to my jaws; in the dust of death you lay me.
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 dogs are round about me, a band of knaves encircles me, gnawing my hands and my feet.
17 I count all My bones—they look expectingly, They look on Me,
I can count my bones, every one. As for them, they feast their eyes on me.
18 They apportion My garments to themselves, And they cause a lot to fall for My clothing.
They divide my garments among them, and over my raiment cast lots.
19 And You, O YHWH, do not be far off, O My strength, hurry to help Me.
But you, O Lord, be not far, O my strength, hasten to help me.
20 Deliver My soul from the sword, My only one from the paw of a dog.
Deliver my life from the sword my life from the power of the dogs.
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 jaws of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen help me.
22 I declare Your Name to My brothers, In the midst of the assembly I praise You.
I will tell of your fame to my kindred, and in the assembly 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.
Praise the Lord, you who fear him. All Jacob’s seed, give him glory. All Israel’s seed, stand in awe of 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.
For he has not despised nor abhorred the sorrow of the sorrowful. He hid not his face from me, but he listened to my cry for help.
25 Of You My praise [is] in the great assembly. I complete My vows before His fearers.
Of you is my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.
26 The humble eat and are satisfied, Those seeking Him praise YHWH, Your heart lives forever.
The afflicted will eat to their heart’s desire, and those who seek after the Lord will praise him. Lift up your hearts forever.
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 will call it to mind, to the ends of the earth, and turn to the Lord; and all tribes of the nations will bow down before you.
28 For to YHWH [is] the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.
For the kingdom belongs to the Lord: he is the Lord of 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.
To him will bow down all who sleep in the earth, and before him bend all who go down to the dust, and those who could not preserve their lives.
30 A seed serves Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.
My descendants will tell of the Lord to the next generation;
31 They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is born, that He has made!
they will declare his righteousness to people yet to be born: He has done it.
