Psalms 22
1 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?
Unto the end. For the tasks of early morning. A Psalm of David. O God, my God, look upon me. Why have you forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my offenses.
2 My God! I keep crying—By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.
My God, I will cry out by day, and you will not heed, and by night, and it will not be foolishness for me.
3 But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel.
But you dwell in holiness, O Praise of Israel.
4 In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them;
In you, our fathers have hoped. They hoped, and you freed them.
5 Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale.
They cried out to you, and they were saved. In you, they hoped and were not confounded.
6 But, I, am a worm and no one, a reproach of men, and despised of a people;
But I am a worm and not a man: a disgrace among men, and an outcast of the people.
7 All that see me, laugh at me, —They open wide the mouth, They shake the head: —
All those who saw me have derided me. They have spoken with the lips and shook the head.
8 He should trust in Yahweh—let him deliver him, —Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
He has hoped in the Lord, let him rescue him. Let him save him because he chooses him.
9 For, thou, art he that severed me from the womb, he that caused me to trust, upon the breasts of my mother;
For you are the one who has drawn me out of the womb, my hope from the breasts of my mother.
10 Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.
I have been thrown upon you from the womb; from the womb of my mother, you are my God.
11 Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help.
Do not depart from me. For tribulation is near, since there is no one who may help me.
12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me;
Many calves have surrounded me; fat bulls have besieged me.
13 They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring.
They have opened their mouths over me, just like a lion seizing and roaring.
14 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;
And so, I have been poured out like water, and all my bones have been scattered. My heart has become like wax, melting in the midst of my chest.
15 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.
My strength has dried up like clay, and my tongue has adhered to my jaws. And you have pulled me down, into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have surrounded me, —An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,
For many dogs have surrounded me. The council of the malicious has besieged me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
17 I may tell all my bones, They, look for—they behold me!
They have numbered all my bones. And they have examined me and stared at me.
18 They part my garments among them, and, for my vestment, they cast lots.
They divided my garments among them, and over my vestment, they cast lots.
19 But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste;
But you, O Lord, do not take your help far from me; be attentive to my defense.
20 Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self:
O God, rescue my soul from the spear, and my only one from the hand of the dog.
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion, —Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.
Save me from the mouth of the lion, and my humility from the horns of the single-horned beast.
22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren, —In the midst of the convocation, will I praise thee.
I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the Church, I will praise you.
23 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.
You who fear the Lord, praise him. All the offspring of Jacob, glorify him.
24 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.
May all the offspring of Israel fear him. For he has neither spurned nor despised the pleas of the poor. Neither has he turned his face away from me. And when I cried out to him, he heeded me.
25 Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere him.
My praise is with you, within a great church. I will pay my vows in the sight of those who fear him.
26 The patient wronged-ones shall eat and be satisfied, They shall praise Yahweh, who are seekers of him, Let your heart live for aye.
The poor will eat and be satisfied, and those who yearn for the Lord will praise him. Their hearts will live forever and ever.
27 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,
All the ends of the earth will remember, and they will be converted to the Lord. And all the families of the Gentiles will adore in his sight.
28 For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over the nations.
For the kingdom belongs to the Lord, and he will have dominion over the Gentiles.
29 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!
All the fat of the earth have gnashed their teeth, and they have adored. In his sight, they will fall down, all those who descend to the ground.
30 My seed, shall serve him, It shall be recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come:
And my soul will live for him, and my offspring will serve him.
31 That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!
There will be announced for the Lord a future generation, and the heavens will announce his justice to a people who will be born, whom the Lord has made.
