Chapter 22
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me ? Why are you so far from helping me , and from the words of my groaning?
2 My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer ; in the night season, and am not silent.
3 But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in you . They trusted, and you delivered them .
5 They cried to you, and were delivered . They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people .
7 All those who see me mock me . They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
8 " He trusts in the LORD . Let him deliver him . Let him rescue him , since he delights in him ."
9 But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.
10 I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me .
11 Don’t be far from me , for trouble is near . For there is no one to help.
12 Many bulls have surrounded me . Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me .
13 They open their mouths wide against me , lions tearing prey and roaring.
14 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It is melted within me .
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have surrounded me . A company of evildoers have enclosed me . They have pierced my hands and feet.
17 I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me .
18 They divide my garments amongst them . They cast lots for my clothing.
19 But don’t be far off , LORD . You are my help. Hurry to help me !
20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth ! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22 I will declare your name to my brothers. Amongst the assembly, I will praise you .
23 You who fear the LORD , praise him ! All you descendants of Jacob , glorify him ! Stand in awe of him , all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither has he hidden his face from him ; but when he cried to him , he heard.
25 My praise of you comes in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him .
26 The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise the LORD who seek after him . Let your hearts live forever.
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD . All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you .
28 For the kingdom is the LORD ’s. He is the ruler over the nations .
29 All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him , even he who can’t keep his soul alive.
30 Posterity shall serve him . Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.