1 (For the one directing. To the Deer of the Dawn. Mizmor Dovid)

2 Eli, Eli, lamah azavtani?*22:2 See Mt 27:46

Why art Thou so far from my yeshu’ah, and from the words of my groaning?

3 Elohai, I cry yomam, but Thou hearest not;

and v’lailah, and am not silent.

4 But Atah Kadosh,

O Thou enthroned on the tehillot Yisroel.

5 Avoteinu trusted in Thee;

they had bitachon, and Thou didst deliver them.

6 They cried unto Thee, and were delivered;

they had bitachon in Thee, and were not disappointed.

7 But I am a tola’at, and no ish;

a reproach of men, and despised of the people.*22:7 See Isa 53:3 on the despised Moshiach

8 All they that see me mock me;

they shoot out the lip, they shake the rosh, saying,

9 He trusted in Hashem;

let Hashem rescue him; let Him deliver him, since He delights in him.

10 But Thou art He that took me out of the womb;

Thou didst make me trust when I was upon the breasts of immi.

11 I was cast upon Thee from the womb;

Thou art Eli from the womb of immi.

12 Be not far from me;

for tzoros is near; and there is none to help.

13 Parim rabbim (many bulls) have encompassed me;

strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round about.

14 They opened wide their mouths upon me,

like an aryeh roaring and tearing prey.

15 I am poured out like mayim,

and all my atzmot are out of joint;

my lev is like wax;

it is melted away within me.

16 My ko’ach is dried up like baked clay;

and my leshon cleaveth to my jaws;

and Thou layest me in the aphar mavet (dust of death).

17 For kelavim have surrounded me;

the Adat Mere’im (congregation of evil men) have enclosed me;

KA’ARU YADAI V’RAGELAI (they pierced my hands and my feet).*22:17 See Isa 53:5; Zech 12:10 and medieval Hebrew Scripture manuscripts as well as the Targum HaShivim

18 I can count all my atzmot;

the people stare and gloat at me.

19 They divide up my garments among them,

and for my clothing they cast goral (lots).*22:19 Mt 27:35; Lk 23:34; Yn 19:24

20 But be not Thou far from me, Hashem;

O my strength, hasten Thee to help me.

21 Deliver my nefesh from the cherev,

my yechid (only one, only) [nefesh] from the power of the kelev (dog).

22 Hoshieini from the mouth of the aryeh;

for Thou hast heard me from the karnayim of the wild bulls.

23 I will declare Thy Shem unto my Achim;

in the midst of the Kahal will I praise Thee.

24 Ye that fear Hashem, praise Him;

all ye Zera Ya’akov, give Him kavod;

and fear Him, all ye Zera Yisroel.

25 For He hath not despised

nor disdained the enut ani (affliction of the afflicted);

neither hath He hid His face from him;

but when he cried unto Him, He heard.

26 My tehillah shall be from Thee in the Kahal Rav;

I will fulfill my nedar before them that fear Him.

27 The anavim (meek) shall eat and be satisfied;

they that seek Him shall praise Hashem.

Let your levav live forever!

28 All the ends of HaAretz shall remember

and turn unto Hashem;

and all the mishpechot of the Goyim

shall bow down in worship before Thee.

29 For the Meluchah is Hashemʼs:

and He is the Moshel over the Goyim.

30 All they that thrive upon HaAretz

shall eat and worship;

all they that go down to the aphar (dust) shall bow before Him;

even he who cannot keep alive his own nefesh.

31 Zera shall serve Him;

it shall be told to the generation [to come] concerning Adonoi.

32 They shall come, and shall declare His tzedek

unto an Am Nolad (a [future] people that shall be born),

that He hath done this.