From Suffering to Praise
For the choir director: according to "The Deer of the Dawn." A psalm of David.
1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? 22:1 Mt 27:46; Mk 15:34
Why are you so far from my deliverance 22:1 Ps 10:1
and from my words of groaning? 22:1 Ps 32:3; 38:8
2 My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,
by night, yet I have no rest. 22:2 Ps 42:3; 88:1
3 But you are holy,
enthroned on the praises of Israel. 22:3 Ps 99:3
4 Our ancestors trusted in you;
they trusted, and you rescued them. 22:4 Ps 107:6
5 They cried to you and were set free;
they trusted in you and were not disgraced. 22:5 Ps 25:2; 31:1; 71:1; Is 49:23
6 But I am a worm and not a man, 22:6 Jb 25:6
scorned by mankind and despised by people. 22:6 Ps 109:25; Is 53:3
7 Everyone who sees me mocks me;
they sneer 22:7 Lit separate with the lip and shake their heads: 22:7 Mt 27:39; Mk 15:29; Lk 23:35
8 "He relies on 22:8 Or Rely on the Lord;
let him save him;
let the Lord 22:8 Lit let him rescue him,
since he takes pleasure in him." 22:8 Mt 27:43
9 It was you who brought me out of the womb,
making me secure at my mother’s breast. 22:9 Ps 71:6
10 I was given over to you at birth; 22:10 Lit was cast on you from the womb
you have been my God from my mother’s womb. 22:10 Is 46:3; 49:1; Gl 1:15
11 Don’t be far from me, because distress is near
and there’s no one to help. 22:11 2Kg 14:26; Ps 71:12; Is 63:5
12 Many bulls surround me;
strong ones of Bashan encircle me. 22:12 Ps 68:30; Am 4:1
13 They open their mouths against me —
lions, mauling and roaring. 22:13 Ps 10:9; 17:12
14 I am poured out like water, 22:14 Jb 30:16
and all my bones are disjointed; 22:14 Jb 4:14; Ps 6:2; 32:3
my heart is like wax,
melting within me. 22:14 Nah 2:10
15 My strength is dried up like baked clay; 22:15 Ps 38:10
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. 22:15 Lm 4:4
You put me into the dust of death. 22:15 Ps 104:29
16 For dogs have surrounded me; 22:16 Ps 59:6,14
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced 22:16 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read me; like a lion my hands and my feet. 22:16 Jn 20:25
17 I can count all my bones;
people 22:17 Lit they look and stare at me. 22:17 Lk 23:35
18 They divided my garments among themselves,
and they cast lots for my clothing. 22:18 Mt 27:35; Lk 23:34; Jn 19:24
19 But you, Lord, don’t be far away. 22:19 Ps 10:1
My strength, come quickly to help me. 22:19 Ps 70:5
20 Rescue my life from the sword, 22:20 Jr 39:18
my only life 22:20 Lit my only one from the power of these dogs.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth, 22:21 Ps 35:17; 2Tm 4:17
from the horns of wild oxen.
You answered me! 22:21 Or oxen you rescued me
22 I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;
I will praise you in the assembly. 22:22 Ps 40:10; Heb 2:12
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him! 22:23 Rv 19:5
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
All you descendants of Israel, revere him! 22:23 Ps 135:20
24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the torment of the oppressed. 22:24 Ps 69:33
He did not hide his face from him 22:24 Ezk 39:29
but listened when he cried to him for help. 22:24 Ps 28:2
25 I will give praise in the great assembly
because of you; 22:25 Ps 35:18; 40:9–10
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear you. 22:25 Lit him, 22:25 Ps 61:8
26 The humble will eat and be satisfied; 22:26 Ps 107:9
those who seek the Lord will praise him.
May your hearts live forever! 22:26 Ps 40:16; 69:32
27 All the ends of the earth will remember
and turn to the Lord.
All the families of the nations
will bow down before you, 22:27 Ps 2:8; 86:9
28 for kingship belongs to the Lord;
he rules the nations. 22:28 1Ch 16:31; 2Ch 20:6; Mal 1:14; Rv 15:3
29 All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before him —
even the one who cannot preserve his life. 22:29 Is 45:23; Rm 14:11; Php 2:10
30 Their descendants will serve him;
the next generation will be told about the Lord. 22:30 Ps 102:18,28
31 They will come and declare his righteousness;
to a people yet to be born
they will declare what he has done. 22:31 Ps 71:18; 78:6