22:1 *[For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.] My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? / *In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.
22:2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.* / *Or night, and am not silent
22:3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.* / *Or Yet you are holy, / enthroned on the praises of Israel
22:4 In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
22:5 To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
22:6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
22:7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
22:8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”
22:9 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
22:10 From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
22:11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
22:12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
22:13 Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
22:15 My mouth* is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death. / *Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text strength
22:16 Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce* my hands and my feet. / *Dead Sea Scrolls and some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text me, / like a lion
22:17 All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.
22:18 They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.
22:19 But you, Lord, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
22:20 Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
22:21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22:22 I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.
22:23 You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
22:24 For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
22:25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you* I will fulfill my vows. / *Hebrew him
22:26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him - may your hearts 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 bow down before him,
22:28 for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations.
22:29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him - those who cannot keep themselves alive.
22:30 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
22:31 They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it!