Psalm 22:1

For the director of music. To [the tune of] "The Doe of the Morning". A psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?

Psalm 22:2

O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.

Psalm 22:3

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

Psalm 22:4

In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.

Psalm 22:5

They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.

Psalm 22:6

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

Psalm 22:7

All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:

Psalm 22:8

"He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."

Psalm 22:9

Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast.

Psalm 22:10

From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.

Psalm 22:11

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

Psalm 22:12

Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

Psalm 22:13

Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me.

Psalm 22:14

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

Psalm 22:16

Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet.

Psalm 22:17

I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.

Psalm 22:18

They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

Psalm 22:19

But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

Psalm 22:20

Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.

Psalm 22:21

Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.

Psalm 22:22

I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you.

Psalm 22:23

You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

Psalm 22:24

For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.

Psalm 22:25

From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows.

Psalm 22:26

The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him-- may your hearts live forever!

Psalm 22:27

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,

Psalm 22:28

for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.

Psalm 22:29

All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him-- those who cannot keep themselves alive.

Psalm 22:30

Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.

Psalm 22:31

They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn-- for he has done it.