1 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? |
2 O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, and am not silent. |
3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the praise of Israel.1 22:3 Or Yet you are holy, / enthroned on the praises of Israel |
4 In you our fathers put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them. |
5 They cried to you and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not disappointed. |
6 But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by men and despised by the people. |
7 All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads: |
8 "He trusts in the LORD ;
let the LORD rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him." |
9 Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you
even at my mother's breast. |
10 From birth I was cast upon you;
from my mother's womb you have been my God. |
11 Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help. |
12 Many bulls surround me;
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. |
13 Roaring lions tearing their prey
open their mouths wide against me. |
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. |
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me2 22:15 Or / I am laid in the dust of death. |
16 Dogs have surrounded me;
a band of evil men has encircled me,
they have pierced3 22:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts / like the lion, my hands and my feet. |
17 I can count all my bones;
people stare and gloat over me. |
18 They divide my garments among them
and cast lots for my clothing. |
19 But you, O LORD , be not far off;
O my Strength, come quickly to help me. |
20 Deliver my life from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dogs. |
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
save4 22:21 Or / you have heard me from the horns of the wild oxen. |
22 I will declare your name to my brothers;
in the congregation I will praise you. |
23 You who fear the LORD , praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Revere him, all you descendants of Israel! |
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. |
25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
before those who fear you5 22:25 Hebrew him will I fulfill my vows. |
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied;
they who seek the LORD will praise him-
may your hearts live forever! |
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, |
28 for dominion belongs to the LORD
and he rules over the nations. |
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. |
30 Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord. |
31 They will proclaim his righteousness
to a people yet unborn-
for he has done it. |
