Psalm 22

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