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22:1  To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] Aijeleth Hashshahar (The Doe of the Dawn). A Psalm of David. 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  O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.
22:3  But You are holy, O You who are enthroned in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].
22:4  In You our fathers trusted [leaned on, relied on, and were confident]; They trusted and You rescued them.
22:5  They cried out to You and were delivered; They trusted in You and were not disappointed or ashamed.
22:6  But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man; I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.
22:7  All who see me laugh at me and mock me; They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying,
22:8  “He trusted and committed himself to the Lord, let Him save him. Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
22:9  Yet You are He who pulled me out of the womb; You made me trust when on my mother’s breasts.
22:10  I was cast upon You from birth; From my mother’s womb You have been my God.
22:11  Do not be far from me, for trouble is near; And there is no one to help.
22:12  Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
22:13  They open wide their mouths against me, Like a ravening and a roaring lion.
22:14  I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; It is melted [by anguish] within me.
22:15  My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery; And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws; And You have laid me in the dust of death.
22:16  For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me; A gang of evildoers has encircled me, They pierced my hands and my feet.
22:17  I can count all my bones; They look, they stare at me.
22:18  They divide my clothing among them And cast lots for my garment.
22:19  But You, O Lord, do not be far from me; O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.
22:20  Rescue my life from the sword, My only life from the paw of the dog (the executioner).
22:21  Save me from the lion’s mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.
22:22  I will tell of Your name to my countrymen; In the midst of the congregation I will praise You.
22:23  You who fear the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence], praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him. Fear Him [with submissive wonder], all you descendants of Israel.
22:24  For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.
22:25  My praise will be of You in the great assembly. I will pay my vows [made in the time of trouble] before those who [reverently] fear Him.
22:26  The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the Lord. May your hearts live forever!
22:27  All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,
22:28  For the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord’s And He rules over the nations.
22:29  All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
22:30  Posterity will serve Him; They will tell of the Lord to the next generation.
22:31  They will come and declare His righteousness To a people yet to be born—that He has done it [and that it is finished].