Psalms 22

1 To the choirmaster on [the] doe of the dawn a psalm of David. O God my God my why? have you forsaken me [are] far from deliverance my [the] words of cry of distress my.

For the leader; set to “Deer of the Dawn”. A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you left me, my rescue so far from the words of my roaring?

2 O God my I call out by day and not you answer and night and not repose [belongs] to me.

I cry in the day, you do not answer, I cry in the night but find no rest.

3 And you [are] holy sitting [the] praises of Israel.

You are the Holy One, throned on the praises of Israel.

4 In you they trusted ancestors our they trusted and you delivered them.

In you our ancestors trusted, they trusted and you delivered them.

5 To you they cried out and they were delivered in you they trusted and not they were ashamed.

They cried to you, and found safety, in you did they trust and were not put to shame.

6 And I [am] a worm and not a man a reproach of humankind and despised of a people.

But I am a worm, not a person; insulted by others, despised by the people.

7 All [those who] see me they mock me they make a separation with a lip they shake a head.

All who see me mock me, with mouths wide open and wagging heads:

8 Roll to Yahweh let him rescue him let him deliver him for he delights in him.

‘He relies on the Lord; let him save him. Let him rescue the one he holds dear!’

9 For you [were] drawing forth me from [the] belly [were] making trust me on [the] breasts of mother my.

But you drew me from the womb, laid me safely on my mother’s breasts.

10 On you I was cast from [the] womb from [the] belly of mother my [have been] God my you.

On your care was I cast from my very birth, you are my God from my mother’s womb.

11 May not you be far from me for trouble [is] near for there not [is] a helper.

Be not far from me, for trouble is nigh, and there is none to help.

12 They have surrounded me bulls many mighty [bulls] of Bashan they have encircled me.

I am circled by many bulls, beset by the mighty of Bashan,

13 They have opened on me mouth their a lion tearing and roaring.

who face me with gaping jaws, like ravening roaring lions.

14 Like water I have been poured out and they have become dislocated all bones my it has become heart my like wax it has melted in [the] midst of inward parts my.

Poured out am I like water, and all my bones are loosened. My heart is become like wax, melted within me.

15 It has dried up like earthenware - strength my and tongue my [has been] made to cling to jaws my and to [the] dust of death you put me.

My palate is dry as a sherd, my tongue sticks to my jaws; in the dust of death you lay me.

16 For they have surrounded me dogs a company of evil-doers they have encircled me (like a lion *L(D)*) hands my and feet my.

For dogs are round about me, a band of knaves encircles me, gnawing my hands and my feet.

17 I count all bones my they they look they look on me.

I can count my bones, every one. As for them, they feast their eyes on me.

18 They distribute clothes my to themselves and on clothing my they cast a lot.

They divide my garments among them, and over my raiment cast lots.

19 And you O Yahweh may not you be distant O strength my to help my make haste!

But you, O Lord, be not far, O my strength, hasten to help me.

20 Deliver! from [the] sword life my from [the] hand of a dog only [life] my.

Deliver my life from the sword my life from the power of the dogs.

21 Save me from [the] mouth of a lion and from [the] horns of wild oxen you have answered me.

Save me from the jaws of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen help me.

22 I will recount name your to brothers my in among [the] assembly I will praise you.

I will tell of your fame to my kindred, and in the assembly will praise you.

23 O [those] fearing Yahweh - praise him O all [the] offspring of Jacob honor him and be afraid from him O all [the] offspring of Israel.

Praise the Lord, you who fear him. All Jacob’s seed, give him glory. All Israel’s seed, stand in awe of him.

24 For not he has despised and not he has detested [the] affliction of an afflicted [person] and not he has hidden face his from him and when cried for help he to him he heard.

For he has not despised nor abhorred the sorrow of the sorrowful. He hid not his face from me, but he listened to my cry for help.

25 [is] from With you praise my in [the] assembly great vows my I will pay before [those] fearing him.

Of you is my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.

26 They will eat humble [people] - so they may be satisfied they will praise Yahweh [those who] seek him may it live heart your for ever.

The afflicted will eat to their heart’s desire, and those who seek after the Lord will praise him. Lift up your hearts forever.

27 They will remember - and they may turn to Yahweh all [the] ends of [the] earth so they may bow down before you all [the] clans of [the] nations.

All will call it to mind, to the ends of the earth, and turn to the Lord; and all tribes of the nations will bow down before you.

28 For [belongs] to Yahweh the kingship and [he is] ruling over the nations.

For the kingdom belongs to the Lord: he is the Lord of the nations.

29 They have eaten and they have bowed down - all [the] fat [people] of [the] earth before him they will bow down all [those who are] about to go down of dust and life his not he has preserved alive.

To him will bow down all who sleep in the earth, and before him bend all who go down to the dust, and those who could not preserve their lives.

30 Offspring it will serve him it will be recounted of [the] Lord to the generation.

My descendants will tell of the Lord to the next generation;

31 They will come and they may declare righteousness his to a people about to be born that he has acted.

they will declare his righteousness to people yet to be born: He has done it.