Psalm 22:6-18

English Standard Version

⁶But I am ^(A)a worm and not a man,
    ^(B)scorned by mankind and ^(C)despised by the people.
⁷All who see me ^(D)mock me;
    they make mouths at me; they ^(E)wag their heads;
⁸^(F)“He trusts in the Lord; let him ^(G)deliver him;
    let him rescue him, for he ^(H)delights in him!”

⁹Yet you are he who ^(I)took me from the womb;
    you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
¹⁰On you was I cast from my birth,
    and from ^(J)my mother's womb you have been my God.
¹¹Be not ^(K)far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and there is ^(L)none to help.

¹²Many bulls encompass me;
^(M)strong bulls of ^(N)Bashan surround me;
¹³they ^(O)open wide their mouths at me,
like a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴I am ^(P)poured out like water,
    and all my bones are ^(Q)out of joint;
my ^(R)heart is like ^(S)wax;
    it is melted within my breast;
¹⁵my strength is ^(T)dried up like a potsherd,
    and my ^(U)tongue sticks to my jaws;
    you lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶For ^(V)dogs encompass me;
a company of evildoers ^(W)encircles me;
they have ^(X)pierced my hands and feet^[a]—
¹⁷I can count all my bones—
they ^(Y)stare and gloat over me;
¹⁸^(Z)they divide my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.