Psalms 22

A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise.

For the music director; upon
Lit the doe of the morning
Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.

1 bMy God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
cFar from my
Or deliverance
help are the words of my
Lit screaming
,
fgroaning.
2 My God, I gcry out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but
Lit there is no silence for me
I have no rest.
3 Yet iYou are holy,
You who
Or inhabit the praises
are enthroned upon kthe praises of Israel.
4 In You our fathers ltrusted;
They trusted and You mrescued them.
5 To You they cried out and they fled to safety;
nIn You they trusted and were not
Or ashamed
disappointed.

6 But I am a pworm and not a person,
A qdisgrace of mankind and rdespised by the people.
7 All who see me sderide me;
They
Lit open with the lip
sneer, they ushake their heads, saying,
8
Lit Roll...away to
Turn
Or it
him over to the Lord; xlet Him save him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

9 Yet You are He who ybrought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
10 I was cast upon You zfrom
Lit a womb
birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

11 abDo not be far from me, for
Or distress
trouble is near;
For there is adno one to help.
12 Many aebulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of afBashan have encircled me.
13 They agopen their mouths wide at me,
As a ravening and roaring ahlion.
14 I am aipoured out like water,
And all my ajbones are out of joint;
My akheart is like wax;
It is melted within
Lit my inward parts
me.
15 My amstrength is dried up like a piece of pottery,
And anmy tongue clings to my jaws;
And You aolay me
Lit to
in the dust of death.
16 For aqdogs have surrounded me;
Or An assembly
A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
Another reading is Like a lion, my...
They atpierced my hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones.
auThey look, they stare at me;
18 They avdivide my garments among them,
And they cast lots for my clothing.

19 But You, Lord, awdo not be far away;
You who are my help, axhurry to my assistance.
20 Save my
Or life
soul from azthe sword,
My baonly life from the
Lit paw
power of the dog.
21 Save me from the bclion’s mouth;
From the horns of the bdwild oxen You beanswer me.

22 I will bfproclaim Your name to my brothers;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23 bgYou who fear the Lord, praise Him;
All you
Lit seed
descendants of Jacob, biglorify Him,
And bjstand in awe of Him, all you
Lit seed
descendants of Israel.
24 For He has blnot despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He bmhidden His face from him;
But bnwhen he cried to Him for help, He heard.

25 From You comes bomy praise in the great assembly;
I shall bppay my vows before those who fear Him.
26 The
Or poor
afflicted will eat and brbe satisfied;
Those who seek Him will bspraise the Lord.
May your btheart live forever!
27 All the buends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the bvfamilies of the nations will worship before
Some ancient versions Him
You.
28 For the bxkingdom is the Lord’s
And He byrules over the nations.
29 All the
Lit fat ones
,
caprosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who cbgo down to the dust will kneel before Him,
Even he who
Or did not
,
cdcannot keep his soul alive.
30 A
Lit seed
,
cfposterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to cgthe coming generation.
31 They will come and chwill declare His righteousness
To a people ciwho will be born, that He has performed it.
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