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 Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-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 keep crying—By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.

O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou answerest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

3 But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel.

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

4 In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them;

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

5 Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, 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 no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

7 All that see me, laugh at me, —They open wide the mouth, They shake the head: —

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],

8 He should trust in Yahweh—let him deliver him, —Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

Commit [thyself] unto the LORD; let him deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighteth 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;

But thou art he that took me out the womb: thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon 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 upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

11 Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help.

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me;

Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring.

They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a 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 out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

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 cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me 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 dogs have compassed me: the assembly of evil-doers have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

17 I may tell all my bones, They, look for—they behold me!

I may tell all my bones; they look and stare upon me:

18 They part my garments among them, and, for my vestment, they cast lots.

They part my garments among them, and upon my vesture do they cast lots.

19 But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste;

But be not thou far off, O LORD: O thou my succour, haste thee to help me.

20 Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self:

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling 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; yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren, —In the midst of the convocation, will I praise thee.

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

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.

Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and stand in awe of him, all ye the seed 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 hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

25 Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere him.

Of thee cometh my praise 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 meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek after him: let your heart 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 unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

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 ruler 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 the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

30 My seed, shall serve him, It shall be recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come:

A seed shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation.

31 That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.