1 My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from delivering me— from my groaning words? ISV — Psalm 22:1
2 My God, I cry out to you throughout the day, but you do not answer; and throughout the night, but I have no rest. b22:2 Lit. but there is no silence for me ISV — Psalm 22:2
3 You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. ISV — Psalm 22:3
4 Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted and you delivered them. ISV — Psalm 22:4
5 They cried out to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not put to shame. ISV — Psalm 22:5
6 But as for me, I am only a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people. ISV — Psalm 22:6
7 Everyone who sees me mocks me; they gape at me with open mouths and shake their heads at me. ISV — Psalm 22:7
8 They say, c22:8 The Heb. lacks They say “Commit yourself to the LORD; perhaps the LORD d22:8 Lit. he will deliver him, perhaps he will cause him to escape, since he delights in him.” ISV — Psalm 22:8
9 Yet, you are the one who took me from the womb, and kept me safe on my mother’s breasts. ISV — Psalm 22:9
10 I was dependent on you from birth; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. ISV — Psalm 22:10
11 Do not be so distant from me, for trouble is at hand; indeed, there is no deliverer. ISV — Psalm 22:11
12 Many bulls have surrounded me; the vicious bulls of Bashan have encircled me. ISV — Psalm 22:12
13 Their mouths are opened wide toward me, like roaring and attacking lions. ISV — Psalm 22:13
14 I am poured out like water; all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me. ISV — Psalm 22:14
15 My strength is dried up like broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, e22:15 Lit. to my jaws and you have brought me down to the dust of death. ISV — Psalm 22:15
16 For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged f22:16 So LXX Syr DSS 5/6 HevPS XHev/Se4; MT reads Like a lion my hands and my g22:16 So MT; LXX lacks my feet. ISV — Psalm 22:16
17 I can count all my bones. They look at me; they stare at me. ISV — Psalm 22:17
18 They divide my clothing among themselves; they cast lots for my clothing! ISV — Psalm 22:18
19 But as for you, LORD, do not be far away from me; My Strength, come quickly to help me. ISV — Psalm 22:19
20 Deliver me from the sword; my precious life from the power of the dog. ISV — Psalm 22:20
21 Deliver me from the mouth of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen. You have answered me. ISV — Psalm 22:21
22 I will declare your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation, I will praise you, saying, h22:22 The Heb. lacks saying ISV — Psalm 22:22
23 “All who fear the LORD, praise him! All the seed of Jacob, glorify him! All the seed of Israel, fear him! ISV — Psalm 22:23
24 For he does not despise nor detest the afflicted person; he does not hide his face from him, but he hears him when he cries out to him.” ISV — Psalm 22:24
25 My praise in the great congregation is because of you; I will pay my vows before those who fear you. i22:25 Lit. him ISV — Psalm 22:25
26 The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him, “May you j22:26 Lit. your heart live forever!” ISV — Psalm 22:26
27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD; all the families of the nations will bow in submission to the LORD. ISV — Psalm 22:27
28 Indeed, the kingdom belongs to the LORD; he rules over the nations. ISV — Psalm 22:28
29 All the prosperous people will eat and bow down in submission. All those who are about to go down to the grave k22:29 Lit. dust will bow down in submission, along with the one who can no longer keep himself alive. ISV — Psalm 22:29
30 Our l22:30 The Heb. lacks our descendants will serve him, and that generation will be told about the Lord. ISV — Psalm 22:30
31 They will come and declare his righteousness to a people yet to be born; indeed, he has accomplished it! ISV — Psalm 22:31