Psalms 22

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ` Why art thou so ' far from helping me, ` and from ' the words of my groaning ?

O my God, I cry in the daytime , but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame .

But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, ` saying ' ,

Commit `thyself' unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

But thou art he that took me out of the womb ; Thou didst make me trust ` when I was ' upon my mother's breasts.

I was cast upon thee from the womb ; Thou art my God since my mother bare me .

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.

Many bulls have compassed me ; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

They gape upon me with their mouth , ` As ' a ravening and a roaring lion.

I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me .

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.

For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me ; They pierced my hands and my feet.

I may count all my bones ; They look and stare upon me.

They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots .

But be not thou far off , O Jehovah : O thou my succor , haste thee to help me.

Deliver my soul from the sword , My darling from the power of the dog.

Save me from the lion's mouth ; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me .

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.

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.

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.

Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly : I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied ; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations.

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 .

A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the `next' generation.

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it. Psalm 23 A Psalm of David .