1 {To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou] far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning? DBY — Psalm 22:1
2 My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me: DBY — Psalm 22:2
3 And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel. DBY — Psalm 22:3
4 Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them. DBY — Psalm 22:4
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded. DBY — Psalm 22:5
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people. DBY — Psalm 22:6
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying:] DBY — Psalm 22:7
8 Commit it to Jehovah let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him! DBY — Psalm 22:8
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother’s breasts. DBY — Psalm 22:9
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother’s belly. DBY — Psalm 22:10
11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help. DBY — Psalm 22:11
12 Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan’s strong ones have beset me round. DBY — Psalm 22:12
13 They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion. DBY — Psalm 22:13
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. DBY — Psalm 22:14
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death. DBY — Psalm 22:15
16 For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet. DBY — Psalm 22:16
17 I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me; DBY — Psalm 22:17
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. DBY — Psalm 22:18
19 But thou, Jehovah, be not far [from me]; O my strength, haste thee to help me. DBY — Psalm 22:19
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog; DBY — Psalm 22:20
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me. DBY — Psalm 22:21
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. DBY — Psalm 22:22
23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and revere him, all ye the seed of Israel. DBY — Psalm 22:23
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. DBY — Psalm 22:24
25 My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him. DBY — Psalm 22:25
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. DBY — Psalm 22:26
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee: DBY — Psalm 22:27
28 For the kingdom is Jehovah’s, and he ruleth among the nations. DBY — Psalm 22:28
29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul. DBY — Psalm 22:29
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. DBY — Psalm 22:30
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [it]. DBY — Psalm 22:31