PSALM 22
To the chief Musician upon Aijeletha
Shahar, A Psalm of David.
1 My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and
from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the
daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of
Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst
deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they
trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a
worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the
head, saying, 8 He trustedb on the LORD that
he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 9
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when
I was upon my mother’s breasts. 10 I 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. 12
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me
round. 13 They gapedc upon me with their mouths, as
a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I 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. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my
tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they
pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: they
look and stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among
them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 19 But be not thou far from
me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my
soul from the sword; my darlingd from the power of the dog. 21
Save 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. 23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed
of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24
For 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. 25
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my
vows before them that fear him. 26 The meek shall eat and be
satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for
ever. 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto
the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28
For the kingdom is the LORD’S: and he is the governor among the
nations. 29 All 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. 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be
accounted to the Lord for a generation. 31 They shall come, and
shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath
done this.
The Holy Bible
King James Version
The Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak
Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
a
Aijeleth...: or, the hind of the morning
b
He trusted...: Heb. He rolled himself on
c
gaped...: Heb. opened their mouths against me
d
my darling: Heb. my only one
