Psalms 22
1O GOD, my God! attend to me! why hast Thou forsaken me? have the acts of my transgressions [removed Thee] far from saving me?
2O my God, shall I cry to Thee by day, and Thou not listen, and by night, and Thou not hear me?
3Thou indeed dwellest in a holy place; Thou art the praise of Israel.
4In Thee our fathers placed their trust—they trusted and Thou didst deliver them.
5To Thee they cried and they were saved; in Thee they trusted and were not put to shame.
6As for me, I am a worm, and no man—the scorn of men and the people’s contempt.
7All that see me have laughed me to scorn; they said with their lips while they shook their head;
8He trusted in the Lord, let him deliver him; let Him save him, since he delighteth in Him.
9Because Thou art He, who drew me forth from the womb: my hope, when at the breasts of my mother—
10I was cast on Thy care from my very birth—from my mother’s womb Thou art my God; O stand not at a distance from me;
11for trouble is near—for there is no helper.
12Many bulls have encompassed me—fat bulls have beset me around.
13Against me they have opened their mouth, like a ravening and roaring lion.
14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are torn asunder: my heart within me is melted like wax.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate—Thou hast indeed brought me to the dust of death.
16Because many dogs have encompassed me, an assembly of wicked men have beset me—have pierced my hands and my feet—
17have counted all my bones, and they have stared and looked at me;
18they have parted my garments among them, and for my vesture have cast lots;
19Therefore, O Lord, delay not Thou my help, draw near to my assistance;
20rescue my soul from the sword—this only begotten of mine from the paw of a dog.
21Save me from the mouth of a lion, and this lowliness of mine from the unicorn’s horns.
22I will declare Thy name to my brethren: in the midst of a congregation I will sing praise to Thee.
23Praise Him, ye who fear the Lord, praise Him, all ye seed of Jacob. Let all the seed of Israel fear Him;
24for He hath not slighted, nor abhorred the prayer of the distressed; nor turned away His face from me: but hearkened to me when I cried to Him.
25My praise shall be of Thee in a great congregation: I will pay my vows before them who fear Him.
26The needy shall eat and be satisfied: and they who seek the Lord will praise Him. Their heart shall be forever alive.
27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before Him:
28for the kingdom is the Lord’s and He ruleth the nations.
29All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and worshipped: before Him shall bow all that go down to the dust. Let my soul therefore live for Him.
30My seed indeed will serve Him: a generation which is coming shall be announced for the Lord:
31and they will proclaim His saving mercy to a people that shall be born, whom the Lord made.