Psalms 22:1
To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My *God, my *God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?
Psalms 22:2
My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
Psalms 22:3
And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.
Psalms 22:4
Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.
Psalms 22:5
They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.
Psalms 22:6
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
Psalms 22:7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying:
Psalms 22:8
Commit it to Jehovah--let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!
Psalms 22:9
But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother's breasts.
Psalms 22:10
I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my *God from my mother's belly.
Psalms 22:11
Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Psalms 22:12
Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.
Psalms 22:13
They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.
Psalms 22:16
For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalms 22:17
I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me;
Psalms 22:18
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Psalms 22:19
But thou, Jehovah, be not far from me ; O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Psalms 22:20
Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;
Psalms 22:21
Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.
Psalms 22:22
I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Psalms 22:23
Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and revere him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Psalms 22:24
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.
Psalms 22:25
My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Psalms 22:26
The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Psalms 22:27
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee:
Psalms 22:28
For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.
Psalms 22:29
All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.
Psalms 22:30
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Psalms 22:31
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it .