1 Psalm 22 Why Have You Forsaken Me? For the choir director. According to 22:0Lit The Doe of the Dawn; possibly a title for a tune Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? 22:1Or Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? Far from my salvation are the words of my 22:1Lit roaring groaning.
2 O my God, I call by day, but You do not answer;And by night, but 22:2 Lit there is no silence for me I have no rest.
3 Yet You are holy, 22:3Or Inhabit the praises Enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
4 In You our fathers trusted;They trusted and You rescued them.
5 To You they cried out and were granted escape;In You they trusted and were not 22:5 Or ashamed disappointed.
6 ¶But I am a worm and not a man,A reproach of men and despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;They 22:7Make clicking sounds; lit separate the lip smacktheirlip, they wagtheirhead,saying,
8 “ 22:8Or He committed himself; lit Roll Commityourselfto Yahweh; let Him rescue him;Let Him deliver him, because He delights in him.”
9 ¶Yet You are He who brought me out of the womb;You made me trustwhenupon my mother’s breasts.
10 Upon You I was cast from 22:10 Lit a womb birth;You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
11 ¶Be not far from me, for 22:11Or trouble distress is near;For there is none to help.
12 Many bulls have surrounded me;Strongbullsof Bashan have encircled me.
13 They open wide their mouth at me,Asa lion that tears and roars.
14 I am poured out like water,And all my bones are out of joint;My heart is like wax;It is melted within 22:14Lit my inward parts me.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;And You lay me 22:15 Lit to in the dust of death.
16 For dogs have surrounded me; 22:16 Or An assembly A band of evildoers has encompassed me; 22:16 Or Like a lion, my... They pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I count all my bones.They look, they stare at me;
18 They divide my garments among them,And for my clothing they cast lots.
19 ¶But You, O Yahweh, be not far off;O my Strength, hasten to my help.
20 Deliver my 22:20Or life soul from the sword,My onlylifefrom the 22:20Lit paw power of the dog.
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion;From the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me.
22 ¶I willsurelyrecount Your name to my brothers;In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23 You who fear Yahweh, praise Him;All you seed of Jacob, glorify Him,And stand in awe of Him, all you seed of Israel.
24 For He has not despised and He has not abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;And He has not hidden His face from him;But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.
25 ¶Of Youismy praise in the great assembly;I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.
26 The 22:26Or poor afflicted will eat and be satisfied;Those who seek Him will praise Yahweh.May your heart live forever!
27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh,And all the families of the nations will worship before 22:27Some versions Him You.
28 For the kingdom is Yahweh’sAnd He rules over the nations.
29 All the 22:29 Lit fat ones prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,Even he who 22:29 Or did not cannot keep his soul alive.
30 Theirseed will serve Him;It will be recounted about the Lord to thecominggeneration.
31 They will come and will declare His righteousnessTo a people who will be born, that He has doneit.