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 Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and 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.

O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou answerest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

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

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

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

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

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

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not ashamed.

6 And I [am] a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

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

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],

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

Commit [thyself] unto the LORD; let him deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighteth in him.

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

But thou art he that took me out the womb: thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon 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 cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

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; for there is none to help.

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

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

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

They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

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 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.

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

My Strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me 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 dogs have compassed me: the assembly of evil-doers have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

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

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

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

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

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

But be not thou far off, O LORD: O thou my succour, haste thee to help me.

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

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling 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!

Save me from the lion’s mouth; yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

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

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23 You who fear YHWH, praise Him, All the seed of Jacob, honor Him, And be afraid of Him, all you seed of Israel.

Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and stand in awe of him, all ye the 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 hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

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

Of thee cometh my praise in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

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

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek after him: let your heart live 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 shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

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

For the kingdom is the LORD’S: and he is the ruler over 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 shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

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

A seed shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation.

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

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.