22:1  My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance cry the words of my groaning.

22:2  O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer; and by night, but I have no rest.

22:3  Yet You embody holiness, O You who reside on the throne of the praises of Israel.

22:4  In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You delivered them.

22:5  To You they cried out and you delivered them; In You they trusted and did not suffer disappointment.

22:6  But I resemble a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people.

22:7  All who see me sneer at me; They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,

22:8  "Commit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him."

22:9  Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother's breasts.

22:10  Upon You cast me at my birth; You have remained as my God from my mother's womb.

22:11  Stay not far from me, for trouble looms near; For no one helps.

22:12  Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

22:13  They open wide their mouth at me, As a ravening and a roaring lion.

22:14  I feel poured out like water, And all my bones have become out of joint; My heart resembles wax; It melts within me.

22:15  My strength dries up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and You lay me in the dust of death.

22:16  For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

22:17  I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me;

22:18  They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.

22:19  But You, O LORD, stay far off; O You my help, hasten to my assistance.

22:20  Deliver my soul from the sword, My only life from the power of the dog.

22:21  Save me from the lion's mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

22:22   I will tell of Your name to my brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

22:23  You who fear the LORD, praise Him; All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.

22:24  For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

22:25  From You comes my praise in the great assembly; I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.

22:26  The afflicted will eat and have satisfaction; Those who seek Him will praise the LORD Let your heart live forever!

22:27  All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will worship before You.

22:28  For the kingdom belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.

22:29  All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship, All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

22:30   Posterity will serve Him; They will tell of the Lord to the coming generation.

22:31  They will come and will declare His righteousness to a people who will arrive on the scene later, that He has performed it.