Psalm 22

PSALM 22

Why Have You Forsaken Me?

For the choir director. According to ^†Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.

^1aMy God, my God, why have You forsaken me?

^1bFar from my salvation are the words of my ^2cgroaning.

²O my God, I ^acall by day, but You do not answer;

And by night, but ¹I have no rest.

³Yet ^aYou are holy,

¹Enthroned upon ^bthe praises of Israel.

⁴In You our fathers ^atrusted;

They trusted and You ^brescued them.

⁵To You they cried out and were granted escape;

^aIn You they trusted and were not ¹disappointed.

⁶But I am a ^aworm and not a man,

A ^breproach of men and ^cdespised by the people.

⁷All who see me ^amock me;

They ¹smack their lip, they ^bwag their head, saying,

⁸“¹Commit yourself to Yahweh; ^alet Him rescue him;

Let Him deliver him, because He delights in him.”

⁹Yet You are He who ^abrought me out of the womb;

You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.

¹⁰Upon You I was cast ^afrom ¹birth;

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

^11aBe not far from me, for ¹distress is near;

For there is ^bnone to help.

¹²Many ^abulls have surrounded me;

Strong bulls of ^bBashan have encircled me.

¹³They ^aopen wide their mouth at me,

As a ^blion that tears and roars.

¹⁴I am ^apoured out like water,

And all my ^bbones are out of joint;

My ^cheart is like wax;

It is melted within ¹me.

¹⁵My ^astrength is dried up like a potsherd,

And ^bmy tongue cleaves to my jaws;

And You ^clay me ¹in the dust of death.

¹⁶For ^adogs have surrounded me;

¹A band of evildoers has encompassed me;

²They ^bpierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I count all my bones.

^aThey look, they stare at me;

¹⁸They ^adivide my garments among them,

And for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹But You, O Yahweh, ^abe not far off;

O my Strength, ^bhasten to my help.

²⁰Deliver my ¹soul from ^athe sword,

My ^bonly life from the ²power of the dog.

²¹Save me from the mouth of the ^alion;

From the horns of the ^bwild oxen You ^chave answered me.

²²I will surely ^arecount Your name to my brothers;

In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

^23aYou who fear Yahweh, praise Him;

All you seed of Jacob, ^bglorify Him,

And ^cstand in awe of Him, all you seed of Israel.

²⁴For He has ^anot despised and He has not abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;

And He has not ^bhidden His face from him;

But ^cwhen he cried to Him for help, He heard.

²⁵Of You is ^amy praise in the great assembly;

I shall ^bpay my vows before those who fear Him.

²⁶The ¹afflicted will eat and ^abe satisfied;

Those who seek Him will ^bpraise Yahweh.

May your ^cheart live forever!

²⁷All the ^aends of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh,

And all the ^bfamilies of the nations will worship before ¹You.

²⁸For the ^akingdom is Yahweh’s

And He ^brules over the nations.

²⁹All the ^1aprosperous of the earth will eat and worship,

All those who ^bgo down to the dust will bow before Him,

Even he who ^2ccannot keep his soul alive.

^30aTheir seed will serve Him;

It will be recounted about the Lord to ^bthe coming generation.

³¹They will come and ^awill declare His righteousness

To a people ^bwho will be born, that He has done it.