Psalm 22:1-11

New International Version

Psalm 22^[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

¹My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?^(A)
    Why are you so far^(B) from saving me,
    so far from my cries of anguish?^(C)
²My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,^(D)
    by night,^(E) but I find no rest.^[b]

³Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;^(F)
    you are the one Israel praises.^[c]^(G)
⁴In you our ancestors put their trust;
    they trusted and you delivered them.^(H)
⁵To you they cried out^(I) and were saved;
    in you they trusted^(J) and were not put to shame.^(K)

⁶But I am a worm^(L) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,^(M) despised^(N) by the people.
⁷All who see me mock me;^(O)
    they hurl insults,^(P) shaking their heads.^(Q)
⁸“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.^(R)
Let him deliver him,^(S)
    since he delights^(T) in him.”

⁹Yet you brought me out of the womb;^(U)
you made me trust^(V) in you, even at my mother’s breast.
¹⁰From birth^(W) I was cast on you;
from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

¹¹Do not be far from me,^(X)
for trouble is near^(Y)
and there is no one to help.^(Z)

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Footnotes

Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.
Psalm 22:2 Or night, and am not silent
Psalm 22:3 Or Yet you are holy, / enthroned on the praises of Israel

Psalm 22:25-31

New International Version

²⁵From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;^(A)
    before those who fear you^[a] I will fulfill my vows.^(B)
²⁶The poor will eat^(C) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—^(D)
    may your hearts live forever!

²⁷All the ends of the earth^(E)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,^(F)
²⁸for dominion belongs to the Lord^(G)
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹All the rich^(H) of the earth will feast and worship;^(I)
    all who go down to the dust^(J) will kneel before him—
    those who cannot keep themselves alive.^(K)
³⁰Posterity^(L) will serve him;
    future generations^(M) will be told about the Lord.
³¹They will proclaim his righteousness,^(N)
    declaring to a people yet unborn:^(O)
    He has done it!^(P)