Psalms 22
1 To the Chief Musician. On "the Hind of the Dawn." A Melody of David. My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation?
“For the leader of the music. To the tune of “The hind of the morning.” A psalm of David.” My God, my God! why hast thou forsaken me? Why so far from mine aid, and from the words of my cry?
2 My God! I keep crying—By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.
O my God! I cry during the day, but thou hearest not; In the night also, but I have no rest.
3 But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel.
And yet thou art holy, Dwelling amid the praises of Israel!
4 In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them;
Our fathers trusted in thee; They trusted, and thou didst save them.
5 Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale.
They called upon thee, and were delivered; They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
6 But, I, am a worm and no one, a reproach of men, and despised of a people;
But I am a worm, and not a man; The reproach of men, and the scorn of the people.
7 All that see me, laugh at me, —They open wide the mouth, They shake the head: —
All who see me scoff at me; They open wide the lips; they shake the head.
8 He should trust in Yahweh—let him deliver him, —Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
“He trusted in the LORD, let him help him; Let him deliver him, since he delighted in him!”
9 For, thou, art he that severed me from the womb, he that caused me to trust, upon the breasts of my mother;
Surely thou art he that didst bring me into the world; Thou didst make me lie secure upon my mother's breast!
10 Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.
Upon thee have I cast myself from my birth; Thou hast been my God from my earliest breath!
11 Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help.
Oh, be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help!
12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me;
Many bulls surround me; Strong bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.
13 They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring.
They open their mouths wide against me, Like a ravening and roaring lion.
14 Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones, —My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body;
I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is become like wax; It melteth in my bosom.
15 Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou lay me.
My strength is dried up like an earthen vessel, And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; Thou hast brought me to the dust of death!
16 For dogs have surrounded me, —An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,
For dogs have surrounded me; Bands of evil-doers have encompassed me, —Like lions my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones, They, look for—they behold me!
I can count all my bones; They gaze, and feast their eyes upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and, for my vestment, they cast lots.
They divide my garments among them, And for my vesture they cast lots.
19 But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste;
But be not thou far from me, O LORD! O my strength! make haste to mine aid!
20 Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self:
Deliver my life from the sword; My blood from the power of the dog;
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion, —Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.
Save me from the lion's mouth; Shield me from the horns of the buffaloes!
22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren, —In the midst of the convocation, will I praise thee.
I will proclaim thy name to my brethren; In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that revere Yahweh, praise him, All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him, And, stand in awe of him, all ye seed of Israel.
Praise him, ye worshippers of Jehovah! Extol him, all ye race of Jacob. And fear him, all ye race of Israel!
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the humbling of the patient one, neither hath he hid his face from him, but, when he cried for help unto him, he heard.
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the misery of the afflicted. Nor hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.
25 Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere him.
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him!
26 The patient wronged-ones shall eat and be satisfied, They shall praise Yahweh, who are seekers of him, Let your heart live for aye.
The afflicted shall eat, and be satisfied; They that seek the LORD shall praise him; Your hearts shall be glad for ever and ever!
27 All the ends of the earth, will remember and turn to Yahweh, Yea all the families of the nations, will bow themselves down before thee,
All the ends of the earth shall remember, and turn to Jehovah; All the families of the nations shall worship before thee!
28 For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over the nations.
For the kingdom is Jehovah's; He is the governor of the nations.
29 All the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul!
All the rich of the earth shall eat and worship; Before him shall they also bow, who are going down to the dust, Who cannot keep themselves alive.
30 My seed, shall serve him, It shall be recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come:
The future generation shall serve him; The race which is to come shall hear of Jehovah.
31 That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!
They shall come, and declare his righteousness; His mighty deeds to the people that shall be born.
