Psalm 22

For the Chief Musician; set to Aijaleth 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 righteousness
Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.