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 end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David. O God, my God, attend to me: why have you forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.
2 My God! I keep crying—By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.
O my God, I will cry to you by day, but you will not hear: and by night, and [it shall] not [be accounted] for folly to me.
3 But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel.
But you, the praise of Israel, dwell in a sanctuary.
4 In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them;
Our fathers hoped in you; they hoped, and you did deliver them.
5 Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale.
They cried to you, and were saved: they hoped in you, and were not ashamed.
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 reproach of men, and scorn of the people.
7 All that see me, laugh at me, —They open wide the mouth, They shake the head: —
All that saw me mocked me: they spoke with [their] lips, they shook the head, [saying],
8 He should trust in Yahweh—let him deliver him, —Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
He hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure in 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 he that drew me out of the womb; my hope from 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 cast on you from the womb: you are my God from my mother's belly.
11 Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help.
Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; for there is no helper.
12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me;
Many bullocks have compassed me: fat bulls have beset me round.
13 They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring.
They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and roaring lion.
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 am poured out like water, and all my bones are loosened: my heart in the midst of my belly is become like melting wax.
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 is dried up, like a potsherd; and my tongue is glued to my throat; and you have brought me down to 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 compassed me: the assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones, They, look for—they behold me!
They counted all my bones; and they observed and looked upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and, for my vestment, they cast lots.
They parted my garments [among] themselves, and cast lots upon my raiment.
19 But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste;
But you, O Lord, remove not my help afar off: be ready for mine aid.
20 Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self:
Deliver my soul from the sword; my only-begotten one from the power 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 lion's mouth; and [regard] my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns.
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 brethren: in the midst of the church will I sing praise to 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 that fear the Lord, praise him; all you seed of Jacob, glorify him: let all the seed of Israel fear 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.
For he has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; nor turned away his face from me; but when I cried to him, he heard me.
25 Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere him.
My praise is of you in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that 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 shall eat and be satisfied; and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their heart shall live for 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 shall remember and turn to the Lord: and all the kindred of the nations shall worship before him.
28 For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over the nations.
For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he is the governor of 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 the fat ones of the earth have eaten and worshipped: all that go down to the earth shall fall down before him: my soul also lives to him.
30 My seed, shall serve him, It shall be recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come:
And my seed shall serve him: the generation that is coming shall be reported to the Lord.
31 That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!
And they shall report his righteousness to the people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made.
