Psalm 22
1For the leader. Set to "Sunrise." A psalm of David:
My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why so far from helping me, so far from my anguished cries? 2My God, by day I call to you, but you don't answer; likewise at night, but I get no relief. 3Nevertheless, you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. 4In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted, and you rescued them. 5They cried to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not disappointed. 6But I am a worm, not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. 7All who see me jeer at me; they sneer and shake their heads: 8"He committed himself to ADONAI, so let him rescue him! Let him set him free if he takes such delight in him!" 9But you are the one who took me from the womb, you made me trust when I was on my mother's breasts. 10Since my birth I've been thrown on you; you are my God from my mother's womb.
11Don't stay far from me, for trouble is near; and there is no one to help. 12Many bulls surround me, wild bulls of Bashan close in on me. 13They open their mouths wide against me, like ravening, roaring lions. 14I am poured out like water; all my bones are out of joint; my heart has become like wax it melts inside me; 15my mouth is as dry as a fragment of a pot, my tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me down in the dust of death. 16Dogs are all around me, a pack of villains closes in on me like a lion [at] my hands and feet. 17I can count every one of my bones, while they gaze at me and gloat. 18They divide my garments among themselves; for my clothing they throw dice. 19But you, ADONAI, don't stay far away! My strength, come quickly to help me! 20Rescue me from the sword, Or: "They pierced my hands and feet." my life from the power of the dogs. 21Save me from the lion's mouth! You have answered me from the wild bulls' horns.
22I will proclaim your name to my kinsmen; right there in the assembly I will praise you: 23"You who fear ADONAI, praise him! All descendants of Ya'akov, glorify him! All descendants of Israel., stand in awe of him! 24For he has not despised or abhorred the poverty of the poor; he did not hide his face from him but listened to his cry." 25Because of you I give praise in the great assembly; I will fulfil my vows in the sight of those who fear him. 26The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek ADONAI will praise him; Your hearts will enjoy life forever. 27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to ADONAI; all the clans of the nations will worship in your presence. 28For the kingdom belongs to ADONAI, and he rules the nations. 29All who prosper on the earth will eat and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him, including him who can't keep himself alive, 30A descendant will serve him; the next generation will be told of Adonai. 31They will come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he is the one who did it.