Psalms 22

ASV(i) 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
[Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not;
And in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee:
They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered:
They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame. 6 But I am a worm, and no man;
A reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn:
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying], 8 Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; let him deliver him:
Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him. 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb;
Thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon my mother's breasts. 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb;
Thou art my God since my mother bare me. 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near;
For there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gape upon me with their mouth,
[As] a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint:
My heart is like wax;
It is melted within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd;
And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;
And thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed me:
A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;
They pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may count all my bones.
They look and stare upon me; 18 They part my garments among them,
And upon my vesture do they cast lots. 19 But be not thou far off, O Jehovah:
O thou my succor, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword,
My darling from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion's mouth;
Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me. 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren:
In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee. 23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him;
All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;
And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Neither hath he hid his face from him;
But when he cried unto him, he heard. 25 Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly:
I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied;
They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him:
Let your heart live for ever. 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah;
And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's;
And he is the ruler over the nations. 29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship:
All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him,
Even he that cannot keep his soul alive. 30 A seed shall serve him;
It shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation. 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness
Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.