Psalms 22
1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned/deserted me? Why do you stay so far from me, and why do you not hear/help me [RHQ]? Why do you not hear me when I am groaning?
| למנצח על אילת השחר מזמור לדוד אלי אלי למה עזבתני רחוק מישועתי דברי שאגתי׃ |
2 My God, every day I call to you during the daytime and during the night, but you do not answer me, so I am not able to sleep.
| אלהי אקרא יומם ולא תענה ולילה ולא דומיה לי׃ |
3 But you are holy. You sit on your throne as king, and [we the people of] Israel praise you [PRS].
| ואתה קדוש יושב תהלות ישראל׃ |
4 Our ancestors trusted in you. [Because] they trusted in you, you rescued them.
| בך בטחו אבתינו בטחו ותפלטמו׃ |
5 When they cried out to you, you saved them. They trusted in you, and (they were not disappointed/you [saved them] as you said that you would).
| אליך זעקו ונמלטו בך בטחו ולא בושו׃ |
6 But [you have not rescued me] [People despise me and consider that I am not a man]; [they think that] I am [as worthless as] a worm! Everyone [HYP] scorns me and despises me.
| ואנכי תולעת ולא איש חרפת אדם ובזוי עם׃ |
7 Everyone who sees me [HYP] makes fun of me. They sneer at me and [insult me by] shaking their heads [at me as though I were an evil man]. They say,
| כל ראי ילעגו לי יפטירו בשפה יניעו ראש׃ |
8 “He trusts in Yahweh, so Yahweh should save him! [He says that] Yahweh is very pleased with him; if that is so, Yahweh should rescue him!”
| גל אל יהוה יפלטהו יצילהו כי חפץ בו׃ |
9 [Why do] you [not] protect me [now as you did] when I was born? I was safe even when I was (nursing/drinking milk from my mother’s breasts).
| כי אתה גחי מבטן מבטיחי על שדי אמי׃ |
10 [It was as though] you adopted me right when I was born. You have (been my God/taken care of me) ever since I was born.
| עליך השלכתי מרחם מבטן אמי אלי אתה׃ |
11 So, (do not stay far from/stay close to) [LIT] me now because [enemies who will cause me much] trouble are near me, and there is no one [else] who can help me.
| אל תרחק ממני כי צרה קרובה כי אין עוזר׃ |
12 [My enemies] surround me [like] a herd/group of wild bulls. [Fierce people, like those] strong bulls that graze [on the hills] in Bashan [area], encircle me.
| סבבוני פרים רבים אבירי בשן כתרוני׃ |
13 [They are like] roaring lions that are attacking the animals that they want to kill [MET] [and eat]; they rush toward me [to kill] me; they [are like lions that] have their mouths open, [ready to tear their victims to pieces] [MET].
| פצו עלי פיהם אריה טרף ושאג׃ |
14 I am completely exhausted [MET], and all my bones are out of their joints/places. I [no longer expect that God will save me]; [that expectation is gone completely], like wax that has melted away.
| כמים נשפכתי והתפרדו כל עצמותי היה לבי כדונג נמס בתוך מעי׃ |
15 My strength is [all dried up] [MET] like a broken piece of a clay jar that has dried [in the sun]. [I am so thirsty that] my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. O God, [I think that you are about to let] me die and become dirt!
| יבש כחרש כחי ולשוני מדבק מלקוחי ולעפר מות תשפתני׃ |
16 My enemies [MET] surround me like a pack/group of wild dogs. A group of evil men has encircled me, [ready to attack me]. They have [already] smashed my hands and my feet.
| כי סבבוני כלבים עדת מרעים הקיפוני כארי ידי ורגלי׃ |
17 [I am so weak and thin that] my bones can be seen and counted. My enemies stare at me and (gloat/are happy) about [what has happened to] me.
| אספר כל עצמותי המה יביטו יראו בי׃ |
18 They looked at the clothes that I [was wearing] and gambled to determine which piece each of them would get.
| יחלקו בגדי להם ועל לבושי יפילו גורל׃ |
19 O Yahweh, do not stay far away from me! You who are my [source of] strength, come quickly and help me!
| ואתה יהוה אל תרחק אילותי לעזרתי חושה׃ |
20 Rescue me from [those who want to kill me with] their swords. Save me from those who are [like wild/fierce] dogs [MET].
| הצילה מחרב נפשי מיד כלב יחידתי׃ |
21 Snatch me away from [my enemies who are] like lions whose jaws [are already open, ready to chew me up] Grab me away from [those men who are like] wild oxen [that attack other animals with] their horns [MET]!
| הושיעני מפי אריה ומקרני רמים עניתני׃ |
22 [But you have saved me, so] I will declare to my fellow [Israelis] how great you [MTY] are. I will praise you among the group of your people gathered [to worship you].
| אספרה שמך לאחי בתוך קהל אהללך׃ |
23 You people who have an awesome respect for Yahweh, praise him! All you who are descended from Jacob, honor Yahweh! All you Israeli people, revere him!
| יראי יהוה הללוהו כל זרע יעקב כבדוהו וגורו ממנו כל זרע ישראל׃ |
24 He does not despise or ignore those who are suffering; he does not hide (his face/himself) from them. He has listened to them when they cried out to him for help.
| כי לא בזה ולא שקץ ענות עני ולא הסתיר פניו ממנו ובשועו אליו שמע׃ |
25 Yahweh, in the great gathering [of your people], I will praise you for what you have done. In the presence of those who revere you, I will offer [the sacrifices] that I promised.
| מאתך תהלתי בקהל רב נדרי אשלם נגד יראיו׃ |
26 The poor people [whom I have invited to the meal] will eat as much as they want. All who come worship Yahweh will praise him. I pray that [God will enable] you all to live a long and happy life!
| יאכלו ענוים וישבעו יהללו יהוה דרשיו יחי לבבכם לעד׃ |
27 I pray that [people in all nations, even] in the remote areas, will think about Yahweh and turn to him, and that people from all the clans in the world will bow down before him.
| יזכרו וישבו אל יהוה כל אפסי ארץ וישתחוו לפניך כל משפחות גוים׃ |
28 Because Yahweh is the king! He rules all the nations.
| כי ליהוה המלוכה ומשל בגוים׃ |
29 I desire that all the rich people on the earth will bow before him. Some day they will die, but I want them to prostrate themselves on the ground in his presence [before they die].
| אכלו וישתחוו כל דשני ארץ לפניו יכרעו כל יורדי עפר ונפשו לא חיה׃ |
30 People (in the future generations/who have not been born yet) will also serve Yahweh. Our descendants will be told about what Yahweh [has done].
| זרע יעבדנו יספר לאדני לדור׃ |
31 People who are not yet born, [who will live in future years], will be told how Yahweh rescued his people. People will tell them, “Yahweh did it!”
| יבאו ויגידו צדקתו לעם נולד כי עשה׃ |
