| 1 | My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? |
| 2 | O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You answer not; and by night I am not silent
or
find no rest. |
| 3 | But You are holy, O You Who dwell in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered]. |
| 4 | Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted (leaned on, relied on You, and were confident) and You delivered them. |
| 5 | They cried to You and were delivered; they trusted in, leaned on,
and
confidently relied on You, and were not ashamed
or
confounded
or
disappointed. |
| 6 | But I am a worm, and no man; I am the scorn of men, and despised by the people. |
| 7 | All who see me laugh at me
and
mock me; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, |
| 8 | He trusted
and
rolled himself on the Lord, that He would deliver him. Let Him deliver him, seeing that He delights in him! |
| 9 | Yet You are He Who took me out of the womb; You made me hope
and
trust when I was on my mother’s breasts. |
| 10 | I was cast upon You from my very birth; from my mother’s womb You have been my God. |
| 11 | Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help. |
| 12 | Many [foes like] bulls have surrounded me; strong bulls of Bashan have hedged me in. |
| 13 | Against me they opened their mouths wide, like a ravening and roaring lion. |
| 14 | I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is softened [with anguish]
and
melted down within me. |
| 15 | My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery; [with thirst] my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and You have brought me into the dust of death. |
| 16 | For [like a pack of] dogs they have encompassed me; a company of evildoers has encircled me, they pierced my hands and my feet. |
| 17 | I can count all my bones; [the evildoers] gaze at me. |
| 18 | They part my clothing among them and cast lots for my raiment (a long, shirtlike garment, a seamless undertunic).
) |
| 19 | But be not far from me, O Lord; O my Help, hasten to aid me! |
| 20 | Deliver my life from the sword, my dear life [my only one] from the power of the dog [the agent of execution]. |
| 21 | Save me from the lion’s mouth; for You have answered me [kindly] from the horns of the wild oxen. |
| 22 | I will declare Your name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise You. |
| 23 | You who fear (revere and worship) the Lord, praise Him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify Him. Fear (revere and worship) Him, all you offspring of Israel. |
| 24 | For He has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has He hidden His face from him, but when he cried to Him, He heard. |
| 25 | My praise shall be of You in the great congregation. I will pay to Him my vows [made in the time of trouble] before them who fear (revere and worship) Him. |
| 26 | The poor
and
afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise the Lord—they who [diligently] seek for, inquire of
and
for Him,
and
require Him [as their greatest need]. May your hearts be quickened now
and
forever! |
| 27 | All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall bow down
and
worship before You, |
| 28 | For the kingship
and
the kingdom are the Lord’s, and He is the ruler over the nations. |
| 29 | All the mighty ones upon earth shall eat [in thanksgiving] and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before Him, even he who cannot keep himself alive. |
| 30 | Posterity shall serve Him; they shall tell of the Lord to the next generation. |
| 31 | They shall come and shall declare His righteousness to a people yet to be born—that He has done it [that it is finished]! |
Cross references:
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Psalm 22:1 : Matt. 27:46.
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Psalm 22:6 : Matt. 27:39-44.
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Psalm 22:7 : Matt. 27:43.
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Psalm 22:8 : Matt. 27:39, 43; Mark 15:29, 30; Luke 23:35.
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Psalm 22:12 : Ezek. 39:18.
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Psalm 22:15 : John 19:28.
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Psalm 22:16 : Isa. 53:7; John 19:37.
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Psalm 22:17 : Luke 23:27, 35.
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Psalm 22:18 : John 19:23, 24.
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Psalm 22:22 : John 20:17; Rom. 8:29; Heb. 2:12.
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Psalm 22:31 : John 19:30.
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