| 1 | (Psalm 22 For the Chief Musician; set to Aijaleth hash-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 groaning? |
| 2 | O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent. |
| 3 | But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. |
| 4 | Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. |
| 5 | They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame. |
| 6 | But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people. |
| 7 | All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying], |
| 8 | Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him. |
| 9 | But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon my mother`s breasts. |
| 10 | I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me. |
| 11 | Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help. |
| 12 | Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. |
| 13 | They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion. |
| 14 | I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me. |
| 15 | 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 | For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. |
| 17 | I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me. |
| 18 | They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots. |
| 19 | But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me. |
| 20 | Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog. |
| 21 | Save me from the lion`s mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me. |
| 22 | I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee. |
| 23 | Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel. |
| 24 | For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard. |
| 25 | Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. |
| 26 | The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever. |
| 27 | All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. |
| 28 | For the kingdom is Jehovah`s; And he is the ruler over the nations. |
| 29 | All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive. |
| 30 | A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation. |
| 31 | They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it. |
