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?
For the music director. To the tune “Doe of the Dawn.” A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan, asking for help?
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, every day I cry out to you, but you don't answer; at night too, but I get no rest.
3 But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Yet you are holy, and the praises of Israel are your throne.
4 In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them;
Our forefathers trusted in you; they trusted and you rescued them.
5 Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale.
They cried out to you for help, and they were saved. They trusted in you and were not defeated.
6 But, I, am a worm and no one, a reproach of men, and despised of a people;
But I'm a worm, not a man, scorned and despised by everyone.
7 All that see me, laugh at me, —They open wide the mouth, They shake the head: —
People who see me mock me. They laugh at me and shake their heads, saying,
8 He should trust in Yahweh—let him deliver him, —Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
“He trusts in the Lord—well then, let the Lord save him! If the Lord is such a friend, then let the Lord rescue him!”
9 For, thou, art he that severed me from the womb, he that caused me to trust, upon the breasts of my mother;
However, you brought me safely through birth, and led me to trust in you at my mother's breasts.
10 Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.
I was entrusted to you from birth; from the time I was born you have been my God.
11 Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help.
Do not be distant from me, because trouble is close by and no one else can help.
12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me;
Enemies surround me like a herd of bulls; strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me.
13 They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring.
Like roaring lions tearing at their prey they open their mouths wide against me.
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;
I feel like I'm being poured out like water. I'm falling apart as if all my bones have become loose. My mind feels like it's wax melting inside me.
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 a piece of broken pottery. My tongue is stuck to the roof of my mouth. You're burying me as if I'm already dead.
16 For dogs have surrounded me, —An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,
Evil men surround me like a pack of dogs. They have pierced my hands and feet.
17 I may tell all my bones, They, look for—they behold me!
I'm so thin I can count all my bones. People stare at me and gloat.
18 They part my garments among them, and, for my vestment, they cast lots.
They divide my clothing among them; they roll dice for my clothes.
19 But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste;
But you, Lord, don't be far away from me! You are my strength—hurry, come and help me!
20 Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self:
Save me from death by the sword! Save my life—the only one I have—from the dogs!
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion, —Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.
Rescue me from the mouth of the lion and from the wild bulls!
22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren, —In the midst of the convocation, will I praise thee.
I will tell my people all the wonderful things you have done; I will praise you in the congregation.
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.
Praise the Lord, all who worship him! Honor him, every descendant of Jacob! Be in awe of him, every descendant of Israel!
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.
For he has not ridiculed or scorned the suffering of the poor; he has not turned away from them, he has listened to their cries for help.
25 Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere him.
You are the subject of my praise in the great assembly. I will fulfill my promises before those who worship you.
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 shall eat, and they shall be satisfied. All who come to the Lord will praise him—may you all live forever!
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,
Everyone in the whole world will repent and return to the Lord; all the nations will worship before you.
28 For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over the nations.
For kingly power belongs to the Lord; he is the one who rules over the nations.
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 who prosper come to feast and worship. Bow down before him, all those destined for the grave—for none can keep themselves alive.
30 My seed, shall serve him, It shall be recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come:
Our descendants will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the Lord.
31 That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!
They will come and tell those yet to be born how good the Lord is, and all that he has done!
