Psalm 22[a]

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

My 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)
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,(D)
    by night,(E) but I find no rest.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.
  2. Psalm 22:2 Or night, and am not silent

14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.(A)
My heart has turned to wax;(B)
    it has melted(C) within me.
15 My mouth[a] is dried up like a potsherd,(D)
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;(E)
    you lay me in the dust(F) of death.

16 Dogs(G) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce[b](H) my hands and my feet.
17 All my bones are on display;
    people stare(I) and gloat over me.(J)
18 They divide my clothes among them
    and cast lots(K) for my garment.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:15 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text strength
  2. Psalm 22:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text me, / like a lion

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