Psalms 22

1 For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

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 My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.

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

3 But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.

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

4 Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.

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

5 They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.

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

6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

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

7 All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

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

8 “He trusts in the LORD. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”

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

9 But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.

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

10 I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

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

11 Don’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help.

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

12 Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

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

13 They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

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

14 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It is melted within me.

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

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.

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

16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

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

17 I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.

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

18 They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.

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

19 But don’t be far off, LORD. You are my help. Hurry to help me!

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

20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.

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

21 Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.

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

22 I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.

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

23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants 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 he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried 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 My praise of you comes in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

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

26 The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise the LORD who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

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 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

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 the kingdom is the LORD’s. He is the ruler over the nations.

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

29 All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul 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 Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

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

31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.

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