Psalm 22 JPS Tanakh 1917

1For the Leader; upon Aijeleth ha-Shahar. A Psalm of David.

2My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me,

And art far from my help at the words of my cry?

3O my God, I call by day, but Thou answerest not;

And at night, and there is no surcease for me.

4Yet Thou art holy,

O Thou that art enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

5In Thee did our fathers trust;

They trusted, and Thou didst deliver them.

6Unto Thee they cried, and escaped;

In Thee did they trust, and were not ashamed.

7But I am a worm, and no man;

A reproach of men, and despised of the people.

8All they that see me laugh me to scorn;

They shoot out the lip, they shake the head:

9‘Let him commit himself unto the LORD! let Him rescue him;

Let Him deliver him, seeing He delighteth in him.’

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

Thou madest me trust when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

11Upon Thee I have been cast from my birth;

Thou art my God from my mother’s womb.

12Be not far from me; for trouble is near;

For there is none to help.

13Many bulls have encompassed me;

Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

14They open wide their mouth against me,

As a ravening and a roaring lion.

15I am poured out like water,

And all my bones are out of joint;

My heart is become like wax;

It is melted in mine inmost parts.

16My strength is dried up like a potsherd;

And my tongue cleaveth to my throat;

And Thou layest me in the dust of death.

17For dogs have encompassed me;

A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;

Like a lion, they are at my hands and my feet.

18I may count all my bones;

They look and gloat over me.

19They part my garments among them,

And for my vesture do they cast lots.

20But Thou, O LORD, be not far off;

O Thou my strength, hasten to help me.

21Deliver my soul from the sword;

Mine only one from the power of the dog.

22Save me from the lion’s mouth;

Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen do Thou answer me.

23I will declare Thy name unto my brethren;

In the midst of the congregation will I praise Thee.

24‘Ye that fear the LORD, praise Him;

All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify Him;

And stand in awe of Him, all ye the seed of Israel.

25For He hath not despised nor abhorred the lowliness of the poor;

Neither hath He hid His face from him;

But when he cried unto Him, He heard.’

26From Thee cometh my praise in the great congregation;

I will pay my vows before them that fear Him.

27Let the humble eat and be satisfied;

Let them praise the LORD that seek after Him; May your heart be quickened for ever!

28All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD;

And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee.

29For the kingdom is the LORD’S;

And He is the ruler over the nations.

30All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship;

All they that go down to the dust shall kneel before Him,

Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

31A seed shall serve him;

It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.

32They shall come and shall declare His righteousness

Unto a people that shall be born, that He hath done it.