1 [To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David.] My *God, my *God, why hast thou forsaken me? {why art thou} far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?
2 My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
3 And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, {saying:}
8 Commit it to Jehovah-let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother's breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my *God from my mother's belly.
11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
12 Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.
13 They gape upon me with their mouth, {as} a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.
16 For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me;
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19 But thou, Jehovah, be not far {from me}; O my strength, haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;
21 Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and revere him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.
25 My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee:
28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.
29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done {it}.
1 To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.
2 \22:1\My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?
3 \22:2\O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.
4 \22:3\But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.
5 \22:4\Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.
6 \22:5\They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.
7 \22:6\But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
8 \22:7\I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,
9 \22:8\He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.
10 \22:9\But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.
11 \22:10\I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body.
12 \22:11\Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.
13 \22:12\A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.
14 \22:13\I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.
15 \22:14\I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
16 \22:15\My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
17 \22:16\Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
18 \22:17\I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:
19 \22:18\They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.
20 \22:19\Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.
21 \22:20\Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.
22 \22:21\Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.
23 \22:22\I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.
24 \22:23\You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.
25 \22:24\For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.
26 \22:25\My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.
27 \22:26\The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
28 \22:27\All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.
29 \22:28\For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.
30 \22:29\All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.
31 \22:30\A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.
32 \22:31\They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.