Psalms - Chapter 22 | American Standard Version

  • 1. For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? {cf15i Why art thou so} far from helping me, {cf15i and from} the words of my groaning?
  • 2. O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest 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 put to shame.
  • 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, {cf15i saying},
  • 8. Commit {cf15i thyself} unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
  • 9. But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust {cf15i when I was} upon my mother's breasts.
  • 10. I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.
  • 11. Be 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 gape upon me with their mouth, {cf15i 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 within me.
  • 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: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
  • 17. I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.
  • 18. They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.
  • 19. But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
  • 20. Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.
  • 21. Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
  • 22. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.
  • 23. Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of 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. Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
  • 26. The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.
  • 27. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
  • 28. For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations.
  • 29. All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.
  • 30. A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the {cf15i next} generation.
  • 31. They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.
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