22:1 <> My God, my God, why have you forsaken me ? Why are you so far from
helping me, and from the words of my groaning ?
22:2 My God, I cry in the
daytime, but you don't answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
22:3 But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
22:4 Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered
them.
22:5 They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and
were not disappointed.
22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised
by the people.
22:7 All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips.
They shake their heads, saying,
22:8 "He trusts in Yahweh; let him deliver
him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."
22:9 But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my
mother's breasts.
22:10 I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are
my God since my mother bore me.
22:11 Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none
to help.
22:12 Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have
encircled me.
22:13 They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing
prey and roaring.
22:14 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My
heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
22:15 My strength is dried up
like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me
into the dust of death.
22:16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have
enclosed me. Like a lion, they pin my hands and feet.{or, They have pierced my
hands and feet. (DSS)}
22:17 I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.
22:18 They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.
22:19 But don't be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.
22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the
dog.
22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth! Yes, from the horns of the wild
oxen, you have answered me.
22:22 I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the
assembly, I will praise you.
22:23 You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of
Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel !
22:24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted,
Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.
22:25 Of you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows
before those who fear him.
22:26 The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise
Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
22:27 All the ends
of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations
shall worship before you.
22:28 For the kingdom is Yahweh's. He is the ruler over the
nations.
22:29 All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All
those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can't keep his
soul alive.
22:30 Posterity shall serve him. Future generations
shall be told about the Lord.
22:31 They shall come and shall declare his
righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.