Psalms 22

¹To him that excelleth upon Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring?

²O my God, I crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience.

³But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the prayses of Israel.

⁴Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them.

⁵They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

⁶But I am a worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people.

⁷All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying,

⁸He trusted in the Lord, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him.

⁹But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts.

¹⁰I was cast vpon thee, euen from ye wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.

¹¹Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me.

¹²Many yong bulles haue compassed me: mightie bulles of Bashan haue closed me about.

¹³They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.

¹⁴I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels.

¹⁵My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

¹⁶For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.

¹⁷I may tell all my bones: yet they beholde, and looke vpon me.

¹⁸They part my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture.

¹⁹But be thou not farre off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to helpe me.

²⁰Deliuer my soule from the sword: my desolate soule from the power of the dogge.

²¹Saue me from the lyons mouth, and answere me in sauing me from the hornes of the vnicornes.

²²I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying,

²³Prayse the Lord, ye that feare him: magnifie ye him, all the seede of Iaakob, and feare ye him, all the seede of Israel.

²⁴For he hath not despised nor abhorred ye affliction of the poore: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called vnto him, he heard.

²⁵My prayse shalbe of thee in the great Congregation: my vowes will I perfourme before them that feare him.

²⁶The poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lord, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer.

²⁷All the endes of the worlde shall remember themselues, and turne to the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

²⁸For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.

²⁹All they that be fat in the earth, shall eate and worship: all they that go downe into the dust, shall bowe before him, euen he that cannot quicken his owne soule.

³⁰Their seede shall serue him: it shalbe counted vnto the Lord for a generation.

³¹They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shall be borne, because he hath done it.

Psalms 22

¹My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

²O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

³But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

⁴Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

⁵They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

⁶But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

⁷All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

⁸He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

⁹But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

¹⁰I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

¹¹Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

¹²Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

¹³They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

¹⁴I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

¹⁶For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

¹⁸They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

¹⁹But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

²¹Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

²²I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

²³Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

²⁴For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

²⁵My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

²⁶The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

²⁷All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

²⁸For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.

²⁹All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

³⁰A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

³¹They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.