Psalms

22 0 To the chief Musician upon ¹Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.

1 MY ^aGod, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far ²from helping me, and from the words of ^bmy roaring?

2 O my God, ^cI cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and ³am not silent.

3 But ^dthou art holy, O thou that ^einhabitest the praises of Israel.

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

5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were ^gnot confounded.

6 But I am ^ha worm, and no man; ⁱa reproach of men, and ^jdespised of the people.

7 All ^kthey that see me laugh me to scorn: they ⁴shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

8 He ⁵trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: ^llet him deliver him, ⁶seeing he delighted in him.

9 But thou art he that ^mtook me out of the womb: ⁿthou didst ⁷make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

10 I ^owas cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

11 Be ^pnot far from me; for trouble is near; for there is ⁸none to help.

12 Many ^qbulls have ^*compassed me: ^rstrong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They ^s9gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ^*ravening and a roaring lion.

14 I ^tam poured out like water, and all my bones are ¹⁰out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

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

16 For ^wdogs have ^*compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have ^*inclosed me: ^xthey pierced my hands and my feet.

17 I ^ymay ^*tell all my bones: ^zthey look and stare upon me.

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

19 But ^bbe not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from ^cthe sword; ¹¹my darling ¹²from the power of ^dthe dog.

21 Save me from the ^elion's mouth: for thou hast heard me ^ffrom the horns of the ^*unicorns.

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

23 Ye ^hthat fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

24 For ⁱhe 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 ^jpraise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

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

27 All ^lthe ends of the world shall ^mremember and ⁿturn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

28 For ^othe kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations.

29 All they that be ^pfat upon earth ^qshall eat and worship: all they that ^rgo down to the dust shall bow before him: and ^snone can keep alive his own soul.

30 A ^tseed shall serve him; ^uit shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

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