Psalms 22
1 For the chief musician; set to “The rhythm of the deer.” A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from saving me and far from the words of my anguish?
My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, and the words of my groaning?
2 My God, I cry out in the daytime, but you do not answer, and at night I am not silent!
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answer not, and in the night season, and I am not silent.
3 Yet you are holy; you sit as king with the praises of Israel.
But thou are holy, O thou who inhabit the praises of Israel.
4 Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted in you, and you rescued them.
Our fathers trusted in thee. They trusted, and thou delivered them.
5 They cried to you and they were rescued. They trusted in you and were not disappointed.
They cried to thee, and were delivered. They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
6 But I am a worm and not a man, a disgrace to humanity and despised by the people.
But I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
7 All those who see me taunt me; they mock me; they shake their heads at me.
All those who see me laugh me to scorn. They shoot out the lip. They shake the head, saying,
8 They say, “He trusts in Yahweh; let Yahweh rescue him. Let him rescue him, for he delights in him.”
He trusted on Jehovah. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.
9 For you brought me from the womb; you made me trust you when I was on my mother's breasts.
But thou are he who took me out of the womb. Thou made me trust upon my mother's breasts.
10 I have been thrown on you from the womb; you are my God since I was in my mother's womb!
I was cast upon thee from the womb. Thou are my God since my mother bore me.
11 Do not be far away from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to help.
Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.
12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
Many bulls have encompassed me. Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me around.
13 They open their mouths wide against me like a roaring lion ripping its victim.
They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am being poured out like water, and all my bones are dislocated. My heart is like wax; it melts away within my inner parts.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
15 My strength has dried up like a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust of death.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have surrounded me; a company of evildoers has encircled me; they have pierced my hands and my feet.
For dogs have encompassed me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones. They look and stare at me.
I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me.
18 They divide my garments among themselves, they cast lots for my clothes.
They part my garments among them, and upon my vesture do they cast a lot.
19 Do not be far away, Yahweh; please hurry to help me, my strength!
But be thou not far off, O Jehovah. O thou my succor, hasten thee to help me.
20 Rescue my soul from the sword, my only life from the claws of wild dogs.
Deliver my soul from the sword, the only one of me from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth; rescue me from the horns of the wild oxen.
Save me from the lion's mouth, yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen. Thou have answered me.
22 I will declare your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.
I will declare thy name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will praise thee.
23 You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
Ye who fear Jehovah, 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 has not despised or abhorred the suffering of the afflicted one; Yahweh has not hidden his face from him; when the afflicted one cried to him, he heard.
For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried to him, he heard.
25 My praise will be because of you in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.
From thee comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
26 The oppressed will eat and be satisfied; those who seek Yahweh will praise him. May your hearts live forever.
The meek shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Jehovah who seek after him. Let your heart live forever.
27 All the peoples of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh; all the families of the nations will bow down before you.
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Jehovah, and all the kinfolk of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom is Yahweh's; he is the ruler over the nations.
For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he is the ruler over the nations.
29 All the prosperous people of the earth will feast and will worship; all those who are descending into the dust will bow before him, those who cannot preserve their own lives.
All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
30 A generation to come will serve him; they will tell the next generation of the Lord.
A seed shall serve him. It shall be told of the Lord to the next generation.
31 They will come and tell of his righteousness; they will tell to a people not yet born what he has done!
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he has done it.
