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 upon Aijeleth 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 daytime, but thou hearest 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 to thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, 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 no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

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

All they that see me mock me: 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.”

He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted 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 brought me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope 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 my birth: thou art 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 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 bulls of Bashan have beset me all round.

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

They gaped upon me with their mouths, 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 within me.

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 surrounded me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

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

I may number 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 cast lots upon my vesture.

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

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, 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: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

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

I will declare thy name to 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 fear 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 to him, he heard.

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

My praise shall be of thee 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 him: your heart shall 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 world shall remember and turn to 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 governor 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 prosperous of the earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

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

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a 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 to a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.