22:1  MY GOD, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

22:2  O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You answer not; and by night I am not silent {or} find no rest.

22:3  But You are holy, O You Who dwell in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].

22:4  Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted (leaned on, relied on You, and were confident) and You delivered them.

22:5  They cried to You and were delivered; they trusted in, leaned on, {and} confidently relied on You, and were not ashamed {or} confounded {or} disappointed.

22:6  But I am a worm, and no man; I am the scorn of men, and despised by the people.

22:7  All who see me laugh at me {and} mock me; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

22:8  He trusted {and} rolled himself on the Lord, that He would deliver him. Let Him deliver him, seeing that He delights in him!

22:9  Yet You are He Who took me out of the womb; You made me hope {and} trust when I was on my mother's breasts.

22:10  I was cast upon You from my very birth; from my mother's womb You have been my God.

22:11  Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help.

22:12  Many [foes like] bulls have surrounded me; strong bulls of Bashan have hedged me in.

22:13  Against me they opened their mouths wide, like a ravening and roaring lion.

22:14  I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is softened [with anguish] {and} melted down within me.

22:15  My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery; [with thirst] my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and You have brought me into the dust of death.

22:16  For [like a pack of] dogs they have encompassed me; a company of evildoers has encircled me, they pierced my hands and my feet.

22:17  I can count all my bones; [the evildoers] gaze at me.

22:18  They part my clothing among them and cast lots for my raiment (a long, shirtlike garment, a seamless undertunic). )

22:19  But be not far from me, O Lord; O my Help, hasten to aid me!

22:20  Deliver my life from the sword, my dear life [my only one] from the power of the dog [the agent of execution].

22:21  Save me from the lion's mouth; for You have answered me [kindly] from the horns of the wild oxen.

22:22  I will declare Your name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise You.

22:23  You who fear (revere and worship) the Lord, praise Him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify Him. Fear (revere and worship) Him, all you offspring of Israel.

22:24  For He has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has He hidden His face from him, but when he cried to Him, He heard.

22:25  My praise shall be of You in the great congregation. I will pay to Him my vows [made in the time of trouble] before them who fear (revere and worship) Him.

22:26  The poor {and} afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise the Lord--they who [diligently] seek for, inquire of {and} for Him, {and} require Him [as their greatest need]. May your hearts be quickened now {and} forever!

22:27  All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall bow down {and} worship before You,

22:28  For the kingship {and} the kingdom are the Lord's, and He is the ruler over the nations.

22:29  All the mighty ones upon earth shall eat [in thanksgiving] and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before Him, even he who cannot keep himself alive.

22:30  Posterity shall serve Him; they shall tell of the Lord to the next generation.

22:31  They shall come and shall declare His righteousness to a people yet to be born--that He has done it [that it is finished]!