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 Musician. On "the Hind of the Dawn." A Melody of David. My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation?

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

My God! I keep crying—By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.

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

But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel.

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

In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them;

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

Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale.

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 one, a reproach of men, and despised of a people;

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

All that see me, laugh at me, —They open wide the mouth, They shake the head: —

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

He should trust in Yahweh—let him deliver him, —Let him rescue 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.

For, thou, art he that severed me from the womb, he that caused me to trust, upon 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.

Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.

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

Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help.

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

Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me;

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

They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending 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.

Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones, —My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body;

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

Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou 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 have surrounded me, —An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have 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 for—they behold 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, for my vestment, they cast lots.

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

But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste;

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

Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self:

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, —Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered 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 convocation, 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 revere Yahweh, praise him, All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him, And, stand in awe of him, all ye 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 humbling of the patient one, neither hath he hid his face from him, but, when he cried for help unto him, he heard.

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

Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere him.

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

The patient wronged-ones shall eat and be satisfied, They shall praise Yahweh, who are seekers of him, Let your heart live for aye.

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 turn to Yahweh, Yea all the families of the nations, will bow themselves down before thee,

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

For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule 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 great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul!

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

My seed, shall serve him, It shall be recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come:

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

That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!