Psa 22 | ASV | e4.org | 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?

‏ Psalms 22

1 For the Chief Musician; set to ^▼▼1 Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ^▼▼2 Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? ^{▼▼1) That is The hind of the morning 2) Or Far from my help are the words of my groaning ; Heb roaring} 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, ^▼▼1 and am not silent. ^{▼▼1) Or but find no rest} 3 But thou art holy, O thou that ^▼▼1 inhabitest the praises of Israel. ^{▼▼1) Or art enthroned upon} 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 ^▼▼1 Commit thyself unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him. ^{▼▼1) Or He trusted on Jehovah, that he would deliver 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; ^▼▼1 They pierced my hands and my feet. ^{▼▼1) So the Sept, Vulg, and Syr; The Hebrew text as pointed reads Like a lion, my etc} 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 ^▼▼1 darling from the power of the dog. ^{▼▼1) Or dear life; Heb only one} 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 ^▼▼1 told of the Lord unto the next generation. ^{▼▼1) Or counted unto the Lord for his generations} 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.