[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.
