22:1 [For the music director; upon ①Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.]
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my ②help are the words of my ③groaning.
▷ ①Lit the doe of the morning ②Or deliverance ③Lit screaming
22:2 My God, I cry out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but ①I have no rest.
▷ ①Lit there is no silence for me
22:3 Yet You are holy,
You who ①are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
▷ ①Or inhabit the praises
22:4 In You our fathers trusted;
They trusted and You rescued them.
22:5 To You they cried out and they fled to safety;
In You they trusted and were not ①disappointed.
▷ ①Or ashamed
22:6 But I am a worm and not a person,
A disgrace of mankind and despised by the people.
22:7 All who see me deride me;
They ①sneer, they shake their heads, saying,
▷ ①Lit open with the lip
22:8 “ ①Turn ②him over to the LORD; let Him save him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
▷ ①Lit Roll...away to ②Or it
22:9 Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
22:10 I was cast upon You from ①birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
▷ ①Lit a womb
22:11 Do not be far from me, for ①trouble is near;
For there is no one to help.
▷ ①Or distress
22:12 Many bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
22:13 They open their mouths wide at me,
As 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 melted within ①me.
▷ ①Lit my inward parts
22:15 My strength is dried up like a piece of pottery,
And my tongue clings to my jaws;
And You lay me ①in the dust of death.
▷ ①Lit to
22:16 For dogs have surrounded me;
①A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
②They pierced my hands and my feet.
▷ ①Or An assembly ②Another reading is Like a lion, my...
22:17 I can count all my bones.
They look, they stare at me;
22:18 They divide my garments among them,
And they cast lots for my clothing.
22:19 But You, LORD, do not be far away;
You who are my help, hurry to my assistance.
22:20 Save my ①soul from the sword,
My only life from the ②power of the dog.
▷ ①Or life ②Lit paw
22:21 Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.
22:22 I will proclaim Your name to my brothers;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
22:23 You who fear the LORD, praise Him;
All you ①descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And stand in awe of Him, all you ②descendants of Israel.
▷ ①Lit seed ②Lit seed
22:24 For He has not despised nor scorned the suffering 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 ①afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the LORD.
May your heart live forever!
▷ ①Or poor
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 ①You.
▷ ①Some ancient versions Him
22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD’S
And He rules over the nations.
22:29 All the ①prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who go down to the dust will kneel before Him,
Even he who ②cannot keep his soul alive.
▷ ①Lit fat ones ②Or did not
22:30 A ①posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
▷ ①Lit seed
22:31 They will come and will declare His righteousness
To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.