Psalms 22
1 To the Overseer, on 'The Hind of the Morning.' — A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?
To him that excelleth upon Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring?
2 My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.
O my God, I crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience.
3 And Thou [art] holy, Sitting — the Praise of Israel.
But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the prayses of Israel.
4 In Thee did our fathers trust — they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them.
5 Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.
They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6 And I [am] a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.
But I am a worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people.
7 All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip — shake the head,
All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying,
8 'Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.'
He trusted in the Lord, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him.
9 For thou [art] He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.
But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts.
10 On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou [art] my God.
I was cast vpon thee, euen from ye wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.
11 Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.
Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me.
12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me,
Many yong bulles haue compassed me: mightie bulles of Bashan haue closed me about.
13 They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.
They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.
14 As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.
I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels.
15 Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.
My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.
For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.
17 I count all my bones — they look expectingly, They look upon me,
I may tell all my bones: yet they beholde, and looke vpon me.
18 They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.
They part my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture.
19 And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.
But be thou not farre off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to helpe me.
20 Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one.
Deliuer my soule from the sword: my desolate soule from the power of the dogge.
21 Save me from the mouth of a lion: — And — from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!
Saue me from the lyons mouth, and answere me in sauing me from the hornes of the vnicornes.
22 I declare Thy name to my brethren, In the midst of the assembly I praise Thee.
I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying,
23 Ye who fear Jehovah, praise ye Him, All the seed of Jacob, honour ye Him, And be afraid of Him, all ye seed of Israel.
Prayse the Lord, ye that feare him: magnifie ye him, all the seede of Iaakob, and feare ye him, all the seede of Israel.
24 For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.
For he hath not despised nor abhorred ye affliction of the poore: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called vnto him, he heard.
25 Of Thee my praise [is] in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers.
My prayse shalbe of thee in the great Congregation: my vowes will I perfourme before them that feare him.
26 The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.
The poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lord, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer.
27 Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,
All the endes of the worlde shall remember themselues, and turne to the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For to Jehovah [is] the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.
For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.
29 And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he [who] hath not revived his soul.
All they that be fat in the earth, shall eate and worship: all they that go downe into the dust, shall bowe before him, euen he that cannot quicken his owne soule.
30 A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.
Their seede shall serue him: it shalbe counted vnto the Lord for a generation.
31 They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shall be borne, because he hath done it.
