Psalms, 22

1. For the leader; according to "The deer of the dawn." A psalm of David.

1. [For the choirmaster To 'the Doe of the Dawn' Psalm Of David] My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? The words of my groaning do nothing to save me.

2. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why so far from my call for help, from my cries of anguish?

2. My God, I call by day but you do not answer, at night, but I find no respite.

3. My God, I call by day, but you do not answer; by night, but I have no relief.

3. Yet you, the Holy One, who make your home in the praises of Israel,

4. Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the glory of Israel.

4. in you our ancestors put their trust, they trusted and you set them free.

5. In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted and you rescued them.

5. To you they called for help and were delivered; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

6. To you they cried out and they escaped; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.

6. But I am a worm, less than human, scorn of mankind, contempt of the people;

7. But I am a worm, hardly human, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

7. all who see me jeer at me, they sneer and wag their heads,

8. All who see me mock me; they curl their lips and jeer; they shake their heads at me:

8. 'He trusted himself to Yahweh, let Yahweh set him free! Let him deliver him, as he took such delight in him.'

9. "You relied on the LORD--let him deliver you; if he loves you, let him rescue you."

9. It was you who drew me from the womb and soothed me on my mother's breast.

10. Yet you drew me forth from the womb, made me safe at my mother's breast.

10. On you was I cast from my birth, from the womb I have belonged to you.

11. Upon you I was thrust from the womb; since birth you are my God.

11. Do not hold aloof, for trouble is upon me, and no one to help me!

12. Do not stay far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help.

12. Many bulls are encircling me, wild bulls of Bashan closing in on me.

13. Many bulls surround me; fierce bulls of Bashan encircle me.

13. Lions ravening and roaring open their jaws at me.

14. They open their mouths against me, lions that rend and roar.

14. My strength is trickling away, my bones are all disjointed, my heart has turned to wax, melting inside me.

15. Like water my life drains away; all my bones grow soft. My heart has become like wax, it melts away within me.

15. My mouth is dry as earthenware, my tongue sticks to my jaw. You lay me down in the dust of death.

16. As dry as a potsherd is my throat; my tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me in the dust of death.

16. A pack of dogs surrounds me, a gang of villains closing in on me as if to hack off my hands and my feet.

17. Many dogs surround me; a pack of evildoers closes in on me. So wasted are my hands and feet

17. I can count every one of my bones, while they look on and gloat;

18. that I can count all my bones. They stare at me and gloat;

18. they divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

19. they divide my garments among them; for my clothing they cast lots.

19. Yahweh, do not hold aloof! My strength, come quickly to my help,

20. But you, LORD, do not stay far off; my strength, come quickly to help me.

20. rescue my soul from the sword, the one life I have from the grasp of the dog!

21. Deliver me from the sword, my forlorn life from the teeth of the dog.

21. Save me from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the wild bulls' horns!

22. Save me from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the horns of wild bulls.

22. I shall proclaim your name to my brothers, praise you in full assembly:

23. Then I will proclaim your name to the assembly; in the community I will praise you:

23. 'You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All the race of Jacob, honour him! Revere him, all the race of Israel!'

24. "You who fear the LORD, give praise! All descendants of Jacob, give honor; show reverence, all descendants of Israel!

24. For he has not despised nor disregarded the poverty of the poor, has not turned away his face, but has listened to the cry for help.

25. For God has not spurned or disdained the misery of this poor wretch, Did not turn away from me, but heard me when I cried out.

25. Of you is my praise in the thronged assembly, I will perform my vows before all who fear him.

26. I will offer praise in the great assembly; my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.

26. The poor will eat and be filled, those who seek Yahweh will praise him, 'May your heart live for ever.'

27. The poor will eat their fill; those who seek the LORD will offer praise. May your hearts enjoy life forever!"

27. The whole wide world will remember and return to Yahweh, all the families of nations bow down before him.

28. All the ends of the earth will worship and turn to the LORD; All the families of nations will bow low before you.

28. For to Yahweh, ruler of the nations, belongs kingly power!

29. For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations.

29. All who prosper on earth will bow before him, all who go down to the dust will do reverence before him. And those who are dead,

30. All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage.

30. their descendants will serve him, will proclaim his name to generations

31. And I will live for the LORD; my descendants will serve you.

31. still to come; and these will tell of his saving justice to a people yet unborn: he has fulfilled it.

32. The generation to come will be told of the Lord, that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn the deliverance you have brought.

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