Psalms 22

1 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?

“To the chief musician upon Ayeleth-hashachar, a psalm of David.” My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from saving me, and from the words of my loud complaint?

2 O my God, I crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience.

O my God! I call in the day-time, but thou answerest not; and in the night I find no rest.

3 But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the prayses of Israel.

But thou art holy, O thou that dwellest amidst the praises of Israel.

4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them.

In thee did our fathers trust: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

5 They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

Unto thee they cried, and were delivered: in thee they trusted, and were not put to shame.

6 But I am a worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people.

But I am a worm, and not a man, a reproach of men, and despised of people.

7 All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying,

All those who see me laugh me to scorn: they draw open their lips, they shake their head, [saying, ]

8 He trusted in the Lord, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him.

“Let him throw himself on the Lord, that he may deliver him: he will save him, for he delighteth in him.”

9 But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts.

Yea, thou art he that took me from the womb: thou hast been my trust when I hung on my mother's breasts.

10 I was cast vpon thee, euen from ye wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.

Upon thee was I cast from my birth: from my mother's womb art thou my God.

11 Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me.

Oh be not far from me [now]; for distress is near; for there is none to help.

12 Many yong bulles haue compassed me: mightie bulles of Bashan haue closed me about.

Many steers have encompassed me: the strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.

They have opened wide against me their mouth, [as] a ravenous and roaring lion.

14 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.

Like water am I poured out, and all my bones are disjointed: my heart is become like wax, it is melted in the midst of my entrails.

15 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.

Like a potsherd is my strength dried up; and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and into the dust of death hast thou laid me down.

16 For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.

For dogs have encompassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: like lions [they threaten] my hands and my feet.

17 I may tell all my bones: yet they beholde, and looke vpon me.

I may number all my bones: [while] they stare and look upon me.

18 They part my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture.

They divide my clothes among themselves, and for my garment do they cast lots.

19 But be thou not farre off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to helpe me.

But thou, O Lord, be not far from me: O [thou who art] my strength, hasten to my aid.

20 Deliuer my soule from the sword: my desolate soule from the power of the dogge.

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

21 Saue me from the lyons mouth, and answere me in sauing me from the hornes of the vnicornes.

Save me from the lion's mouth; as thou hast answered me from the horns of the reem.

22 I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying,

I will relate thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23 Prayse the Lord, ye that feare him: magnifie ye him, all the seede of Iaakob, and feare ye him, all the seede of Israel.

Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and be in dread of him, all ye the seed of Israel.

24 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.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor; neither hath he hidden his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

25 My prayse shalbe of thee in the great Congregation: my vowes will I perfourme before them that feare him.

Of thee shall be my praise in a great assembly: my vows will I pay in the presence of those who fear him.

26 The poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lord, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they who seek him shall praise the Lord: may your heart live for ever.

27 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.

All the ends of the world shall remember and return unto the Lord: and all the families of the nations shall bow themselves down before thee.

28 For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.

For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he governeth the nations.

29 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.

All they that eat the fat of the earth shall bow themselves down; before him shall bend the knee all that are going down into the dust; for none can keep alive his own soul.

30 Their seede shall serue him: it shalbe counted vnto the Lord for a generation.

Distant ages shall serve him; there shall be related of the Lord unto future generations.

31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shall be borne, because he hath done it.

They will come, and will tell his righteousness unto a people yet unborn, that he hath done this.