Psalm 22 (New American Standard)

A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise.

1 ¹My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? ^a2Far from my deliverance are the words of my ^b3groaning. 2 O my God, I ⁴cry by day, but You do not answer ; And by night, but ^cI have no rest. 3 Yet ⁵You are holy, O You who ^dare enthroned upon ⁶the praises of Israel. 4 In You our fathers ⁷trusted ; They trusted and You ⁸delivered them. 5 To You they cried out and were delivered ; ⁹In You they trusted and were not ^edisappointed. 6 But I am a ¹⁰worm and not a man, A ¹¹reproach of men and ¹²despised by the people. 7 All who see me ^f13sneer at me; They ^gseparate with the lip, they ¹⁴wag the head, saying, 8 "^hCommit yourself to the LORD ; ¹⁵let Him deliver him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him." 9 Yet You are He who ¹⁶brought me forth from the womb ; You made me trust when upon my mother's breasts. 10 Upon You I was cast ¹⁷from ⁱbirth ; You have been my God from my mother's womb. 11 ¹⁸Be not far from me, for ^jtrouble is near ; For there is ¹⁹none to help. 12 Many ²⁰bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of ²¹Bashan have encircled me. 13 They ²²open wide their mouth at me, As a ravening and a roaring ²³lion. 14 I am ²⁴poured out like water, And all my ²⁵bones are out of joint ; My ²⁶heart is like wax ; It is melted within ^kme. 15 My ²⁷strength is dried up like a potsherd, And ²⁸my tongue cleaves to my jaws ; And You ²⁹lay me ^lin the dust of death. 16 For ³⁰dogs have surrounded me; ^mA band of evildoers has encompassed me; ⁿThey ³¹pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I can count all my bones. ³²They look, they stare at me; 18 They ³³divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots. 19 But You, O LORD, ³⁴be not far off; O You my help, ³⁵hasten to my assistance. 20 Deliver my ^osoul from ³⁶the sword, My ³⁷only life from the ^ppower of the dog. 21 Save me from the ³⁸lion's mouth ; From the horns of the ³⁹wild oxen You ⁴⁰answer me. 22 I will ⁴¹tell of Your name to my brethren ; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You. 23 ⁴²You who fear the LORD, praise Him; All you ^qdescendants of Jacob, ⁴³glorify Him, And ⁴⁴stand in awe of Him, all you ^rdescendants of Israel. 24 For He has ⁴⁵not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted ; Nor has He ⁴⁶hidden His face from him; But ⁴⁷when he cried to Him for help, He heard. 25 From You comes ⁴⁸my praise in the great assembly ; I shall ⁴⁹pay my vows before those who fear Him. 26 The ^safflicted will eat and ⁵⁰be satisfied ; Those who seek Him will ⁵¹praise the LORD. Let your ⁵²heart live forever ! 27 All the ⁵³ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, And all the ⁵⁴families of the nations will worship before ^tYou. 28 For the ⁵⁵kingdom is the LORD'S And He ⁵⁶rules over the nations. 29 All the ^u57prosperous of the earth will eat and worship, All those who ⁵⁸go down to the dust will bow before Him, Even he who ^v59cannot keep his soul alive. 30 ^w60Posterity will serve Him; It will be told of the Lord to ⁶¹the coming generation. 31 They will come and ⁶²will declare His righteousness To a people ⁶³who will be born, that He has performed it.