22:1 [To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.] My God, my God, why have you forsaken me Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning 22:2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. 22:3 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. 22:4 In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. 22:5 To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. 22:6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people. 22:7 All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads; 22:8 "He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!" 22:9 Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts. 22:10 On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God. 22:11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help. 22:12 Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me; 22:13 they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion. 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast; 22:15 my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death. 22:16 For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet-- 22:17 I can count all my bones-- they stare and gloat over me; 22:18 they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots. 22:19 But you, O LORD, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid! 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog! 22:21 Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen! 22:22 I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you: 22:23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel! 22:24 For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him. 22:25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him. 22:26 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever! 22:27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. 22:28 For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations. 22:29 All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive. 22:30 Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation; 22:31 they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.