Psalms 22

1 To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David. My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?

To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so far] from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?

2 O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.

O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

3 But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.

But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

4 Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

5 They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.

They cried to thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

6 But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

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

7 I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

All they that see me deride me: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],

8 He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

9 But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.

But thou [art] he that brought me forth into life: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.

10 I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body.

I was cast upon thee from my birth: thou [art] my God from the time I was born.

11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to help.

12 A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.

Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.

13 I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

15 My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

16 Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

17 I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:

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

18 They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

19 Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20 Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

21 Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.

Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

22 I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.

I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23 You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.

Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

24 For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.

25 My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.

My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

26 The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

27 All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

28 For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.

For the kingdom [is] the LORD'S: and he [is] the governor among the nations.

29 All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

All [they that are] fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

30 A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the LORD for a generation.

31 They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he hath done [this].