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.