Psalms 22

For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David.

1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? 2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not;And in the night season, and am not silent. 3But thou art holy,O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4Our fathers trusted in thee:They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5They cried unto thee, and were delivered:They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame. 6But I am a worm, and no man;A reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7All they that see me laugh me to scorn:They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8Commit thyself unto Jehovah; let him deliver him:Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him. 9But thou art he that took me out of the womb;Thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother’s breasts. 10I was cast upon thee from the womb;Thou art my God since my mother bare me. 11Be not far from me; for trouble is near;For there is none to help. 12Many bulls have compassed me;Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13They gape upon me with their mouth,As a ravening and a roaring lion. 14I am poured out like water,And all my bones are out of joint:My heart is like wax;It is melted within me. 15My strength is dried up like a potsherd;And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;And thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16For dogs have compassed me:A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;They pierced my hands and my feet. 17I may count all my bones.They look and stare upon me; 18They part my garments among them,And upon my vesture do they cast lots. 19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah:O thou my succor, haste thee to help me. 20Deliver my soul from the sword,My darling from the power of the dog. 21Save me from the lion’s mouth;Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

22I will declare thy name unto my brethren:In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee. 23Ye 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. 24For 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. 25Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly:I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 26The meek shall eat and be satisfied;They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him:Let your heart live for ever. 27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah;And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28For the kingdom is Jehovah’s;And he is the ruler over the nations. 29All 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. 30A seed shall serve him;It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation. 31They shall come and shall declare his righteousnessUnto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.