Psalms 22

1 For the chief musician; set to “The rhythm of the deer.” A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from saving me and far from the words of my anguish?⋮

2 My God, I cry out in the daytime, but you do not answer, and at night I am not silent!⋮

3 Yet you are holy; you sit as king with the praises of Israel.⋮

4 Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted in you, and you rescued them.⋮

5 They cried to you and they were rescued. They trusted in you and were not disappointed.⋮

6 But I am a worm and not a man, a disgrace to humanity and despised by the people.⋮

7 All those who see me taunt me; they mock me; they shake their heads at me.⋮

8 They say, “He trusts in Yahweh; let Yahweh rescue him. Let him rescue him, for he delights in him.”⋮

9 For you brought me from the womb; you made me trust you when I was on my mother's breasts.⋮

10 I have been thrown on you from the womb; you are my God since I was in my mother's womb!⋮

11 Do not be far away from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to help.⋮

12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me.⋮

13 They open their mouths wide against me like a roaring lion ripping its victim.⋮

14 I am being poured out like water, and all my bones are dislocated. My heart is like wax; it melts away within my inner parts.⋮

15 My strength has dried up like a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust of death.⋮

16 For dogs have surrounded me; a company of evildoers has encircled me; they have pierced my hands and my feet.⋮

17 I can count all my bones. They look and stare at me.⋮

18 They divide my garments among themselves, they cast lots for my clothes.⋮

19 Do not be far away, Yahweh; please hurry to help me, my strength!⋮

20 Rescue my soul from the sword, my only life from the claws of wild dogs.⋮

21 Save me from the lion's mouth; rescue me from the horns of the wild oxen.⋮

22 I will declare your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.⋮

23 You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!⋮

24 For he has not despised or abhorred the suffering of the afflicted one; Yahweh has not hidden his face from him; when the afflicted one cried to him, he heard.⋮

25 My praise will be because of you in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.⋮

26 The oppressed will eat and be satisfied; those who seek Yahweh will praise him. May your hearts live forever.⋮

27 All the peoples of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh; all the families of the nations will bow down before you.⋮

28 For the kingdom is Yahweh's; he is the ruler over the nations.⋮

29 All the prosperous people of the earth will feast and will worship; all those who are descending into the dust will bow before him, those who cannot preserve their own lives.⋮

30 A generation to come will serve him; they will tell the next generation of the Lord.⋮

31 They will come and tell of his righteousness; they will tell to a people not yet born what he has done!⋮