Psalm 22

Modern

Literal

The Psalm of the Cross

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David.

My God, my God,

why have You forsaken me?^a

Why are You so far from saving me,

so far from my words of groaning?

¹For the one directing. According to “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me, far away from my salvation, from the words of my roaring?

²I cry out by day, O my God,

but You do not answer,

and by night,

but I have no rest.

²O my God, I cry out by day, and You do not answer, and by night, and there is no quiet for me.

³Yet You are holy,

enthroned on the praises of Israel.

³And You are holy, sitting amid the praises of Israel.

⁴In You our fathers trusted;

they trusted and You delivered them.

⁴In You our fathers trusted; they trusted, and You delivered them.

⁵They cried out to You and were set free;

they trusted in You and were not disappointed.

⁵To You they cried, and they were given escape; in You they trusted, and they were not put to shame.

⁶But I am a worm and not a man,

scorned by men and despised by the people.

⁶And I am a worm, and not a man, the scorn of men, and despised by the people.

⁷All who see me mock me;

they sneer and shake their heads:

⁷All seeing me mock at me; they gape with the lip; they shake the head:

⁸“He trusts in the LORD,

let the LORD deliver him;

let the LORD rescue him,

since He delights in him.”^a

⁸“Roll to YHWH; let Him deliver him and snatch him away, if indeed He delights in him.”

⁹Yet You brought me forth from the womb;

You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

⁹Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust upon the breasts of my mother.

¹⁰From birth I was cast upon You;

from my mother’s womb You have been my God.

¹⁰Upon You I was cast forth from the womb; from the belly of my mother, You are my God.

¹¹Be not far from me,

for trouble is near

and there is no one to help.

¹¹You should not be far from me, for distress is near, and because there is no one to help.

¹²Many bulls surround me;

strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

¹²Many strong bulls have surrounded me, mighty ones of Bashan have encircled Me.

¹³They open their jaws against me

like lions that roar and maul.

¹³They open against me their mouths, a lion tearing and roaring.

¹⁴I am poured out like water,

and all my bones are disjointed.

My heart is like wax;

it melts away within me.

¹⁴I am poured out like water, and all of my bones are separated; my heart has become like wax, and has melted in the midst of my bowels.

¹⁵My strength^a is dried up like a potsherd,

and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.

You lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws; and in the dust of death You lay me.

¹⁶For dogs surround me;

a band of evil men encircles me;

they have pierced my hands and feet.^a

¹⁶For dogs have surrounded me; the swarm of the wicked has encircled me, piercing my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I can count all my bones;

they stare and gloat over me.

¹⁷I can count all my bones; they glare; they look at me.

¹⁸They divide my garments among them

and cast lots for my clothing.^a

¹⁸They divide out my garments for themselves, and over my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹But You, O LORD, be not far off;

O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

¹⁹But You, O YHWH, do not be far away! O my strength, may You hurry to help me.

²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword,

my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

²⁰Snatch my soul from the sword, my only one from the hand of the dog!

²¹Save me from the mouth of the lion;

at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

²¹Save me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen answer me.

²²I will proclaim Your name to my brothers;

I will praise You in the assembly.^a

²²I will declare Your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

²³You who fear the LORD, praise Him!

All descendants of Jacob, honor Him!

All offspring of Israel, revere Him!

²³Those fearing YHWH, praise Him! All the seed of Jacob, honor Him! And fear Him, all the seed of Israel!

²⁴For He has not despised or detested

the torment of the afflicted.

He has not hidden His face from him,

but has attended to his cry for help.

²⁴For He has not despised and has not detested the affliction of the afflicted, and He has not hidden His face from him, and in his crying out to Him, He has heard.

²⁵My praise for You resounds in the great assembly;

I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.

²⁵From You is my praise in the great assembly; my vows I will complete in front of those who fear Him.

²⁶The poor will eat and be satisfied;

those who seek the LORD will praise Him.

May your hearts live forever!

²⁶The afflicted ones shall eat and be satisfied; those seeking Him shall praise YHWH. May your hearts live forever!

²⁷All the ends of the earth

will remember and turn to the LORD.

All the families of the nations

will bow down before Him.

²⁷They will remember and will turn to YHWH, all the ends of the earth; and before Your face they will bow down, all the clans of the nations.

²⁸For dominion belongs to the LORD

and He rules over the nations.

²⁸For unto YHWH is the kingship, and He rules over the nations.

²⁹All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;

all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—

even those unable to preserve their lives.

²⁹All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and bow low; before His face will bow all those going down to the dust, even the one unable able to keep alive his soul.

³⁰Posterity will serve Him;

they will declare the Lord to a new generation.

³⁰A seed shall serve Him; it will be recounted of the Lord to the generation.

³¹They will come and proclaim His righteousness

to a people yet unborn—

all that He has done.

³¹They shall come and declare His righteousness to a people to be born, that which He has done!