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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 “Roll to YHWH, He delivers Him, He delivers Him, for 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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