22:1 To the Chief Musician, "on the deer of the dawn." A Psalm of David. My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me, and 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 do not answer; and in the night season, and am not silent. |
22:3 Yet You are holy, O You enthroned upon the praises of Israel. |
22:4 Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted, and You delivered them. |
22:5 They cried to You and were delivered; they trusted in You and were not ashamed. |
22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men and despised by the people. |
22:7 All who see Me mock Me; they shoot out the lip; they shake the head, saying, |
22:8 "He trusted on the LORD; let Him deliver Him; let Him rescue Him, since He delights in Him!" |
22:9 For You are He who took Me out of the womb, causing Me to trust while on My mother's breasts. |
22:10 I was cast upon You from birth; You are My God from My mother's womb. |
22:11 Be not far from Me; for trouble is near, for there is none to help. |
22:12 Many bulls have encircled around Me; strong bulls of Bashan have surrounded Me. |
22:13 They opened wide their mouths at Me, like a ravening and a 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 melted in the midst of My bowels. |
22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and My tongue clings to My jaws; |
22:16 Dogs have surrounded Me; a band of evildoers have encircled Me; they have pierced My hands and My feet; and You have brought Me into the dust of death. |
22:17 I can count all My bones; they look and gloat over Me. |
22:18 They divide My garments among them and cast lots upon My vesture. |
22:19 But You, O LORD, be not far from Me; O My strength, hasten to help Me! |
22:20 Deliver My soul from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog. |
22:21 Save Me from the lion's mouth; yea, and from the wild ox's horns. You have answered Me. |
22:22 I will declare Your name to My brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise You. |
22:23 You who fear the LORD, praise Him; all of you, the seed of Jacob, glorify Him; and stand in awe of Him all of you, the seed of Israel, |
22:24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and He has not hidden His face from him, but when he cried to Him, He heard. |
22:25 From You comes my praise in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before those who fear Him. |
22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD shall praise Him; may your heart live forever. |
22:27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the families of the nations shall worship before You, |
22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S and He rules over the nations. |
22:29 All the rich of the earth shall eat and worship; all those who go down to the dust shall bow before Him; even he who cannot keep his own soul alive. |
22:30 A seed shall serve Him; it shall be told of the LORD to the coming generation. |
22:31 They shall come and shall declare His righteousness unto a people that shall yet be born, that He has done this. |