The Suffering, Praise, and Posterity of the Messiah
To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David.
1 My aGod, My God, why have You forsaken Me? WhyareYouso far from helping Me, Andfrom the words of My groaning?
2 O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.
3 But You are holy, Enthroned in the apraises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered them.
5 They cried to You, and were delivered; aThey trusted in You, and were not ashamed.
6 But I amaa worm, and no man; bA reproach of men, and despised by the people.
7aAll those who see Me ridicule Me; They1 shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 “He1a trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; bLet Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”
9aBut You are He who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts.
10 I was cast upon You from birth. From My mother’s womb aYou havebeen My God.
11 Be not far from Me, For trouble is near; For thereis none to help.
12aMany bulls have surrounded Me; Strong bulls of bBashan have encircled Me.
13aThey1 gape at Me with their mouths, Like a raging and roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, aAnd all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted1 within Me.
15aMy strength is dried up like a potsherd, And bMy tongue clings to My jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of death.
16 For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. aThey1 pierced My hands and My feet;
17 I can count all My bones. aThey look and stare at Me.
18aThey divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.
19 But You, O Lord, do not be far from Me; O My Strength, hasten to help Me!
20 Deliver Me from the sword, aMy1 precious life from the power of the dog.
21aSave Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! bYou have answered Me.
22aI will declare Your name to bMy brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23aYou who fear the Lord, praise Him! All you1 descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!
24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him; But awhen He cried to Him, He heard.
25aMy praise shallbe of You in the great assembly; bI will pay My vows before those who fear Him.
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the Lord. Let your heart live forever!
27 All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the1 nations Shall worship before1 You.
28aFor the kingdom is the Lord’s, And He rules over the nations.
29aAll the prosperous of the earth Shall eat and worship; bAll those who go down to1 the dust Shall bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep himself alive.
30 A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this.
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? - Show me the cause why thou hast abandoned me to my enemies; and why thou seemest to disregard my prayers and cries? For a full illustration of this passage, I beg the reader to refer to my note on Matthew 27:46.
The words of my roaring? - shaagathi , The Vulgate, Septuagint, Syriac, Ethiopic, and Arabic, with the Anglo-Saxon, make use of terms which may be thus translated: "My sins (or foolishness) are the cause why deliverance is so far from me." It appears that these versions have read shegagathi , "my sin of ignorance," instead of shaagathi , "my roaring:" but no MS. extant supports this reading.
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