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?
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?
2 My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.
My God, I cry out in the daytime, but you do not answer, and at night I am not silent!
3 And Thou [art] holy, Sitting — the Praise of Israel.
Yet you are holy; you sit as king with the praises of Israel.
4 In Thee did our fathers trust — they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.
Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted in you, and you rescued them.
5 Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.
They cried to you and they were rescued. They trusted in you and were not disappointed.
6 And I [am] a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.
But I am a worm and not a man, a disgrace to humanity and despised by the people.
7 All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip — shake the head,
All those who see me taunt me; they mock me; they shake their heads at me.
8 'Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.'
They say, “He trusts in Yahweh; let Yahweh rescue him. Let him rescue him, for he delights in him.”
9 For thou [art] He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.
For you brought me from the womb; you made me trust you when I was on my mother's breasts.
10 On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou [art] my God.
I have been thrown on you from the womb; you are my God since I was in my mother's womb!
11 Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.
Do not be far away from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to help.
12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me,
Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
13 They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.
They open their mouths wide against me like a roaring lion ripping its victim.
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 being poured out like water, and all my bones are dislocated. My heart is like wax; it melts away within my inner parts.
15 Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.
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.
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 dogs have surrounded me; a company of evildoers has encircled me; they have pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I count all my bones — they look expectingly, They look upon me,
I can count all my bones. They look and stare at me.
18 They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.
They divide my garments among themselves, they cast lots for my clothes.
19 And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.
Do not be far away, Yahweh; please hurry to help me, my strength!
20 Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one.
Rescue my soul from the sword, my only life from the claws of wild dogs.
21 Save me from the mouth of a lion: — And — from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!
Save me from the lion's mouth; rescue me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22 I declare Thy name to my brethren, In the midst of the assembly I praise Thee.
I will declare your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.
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.
You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants 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 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.
25 Of Thee my praise [is] in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers.
My praise will be because of you in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.
26 The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.
The oppressed will eat and be satisfied; those who seek Yahweh will praise him. May your hearts live forever.
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 peoples of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh; all the families of the nations will bow down before you.
28 For to Jehovah [is] the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.
For the kingdom is Yahweh's; he is the ruler over 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 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.
30 A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.
A generation to come will serve him; they will tell the next generation of the Lord.
31 They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!
They will come and tell of his righteousness; they will tell to a people not yet born what he has done!
