Psalm 22

Complete Jewish Bible

22 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. Set to “Sunrise.” A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾My God! My God!
Why have you abandoned me?
Why so far from helping me,
so far from my anguished cries?

³⁽²⁾My God, by day I call to you,
but you don’t answer;
likewise at night,
but I get no relief.
⁴⁽³⁾Nevertheless, you are holy,
enthroned on the praises of Isra’el.
⁵⁽⁴⁾In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted, and you rescued them.
⁶⁽⁵⁾They cried to you and escaped;
they trusted in you and were not disappointed.

⁷⁽⁶⁾But I am a worm, not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
⁸⁽⁷⁾All who see me jeer at me;
they sneer and shake their heads:
⁹⁽⁸⁾“He committed himself to Adonai,
so let him rescue him!
Let him set him free
if he takes such delight in him!”

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾But you are the one who took me from the womb,
you made me trust when I was on my mother’s breasts.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾Since my birth I’ve been thrown on you;
you are my God from my mother’s womb.
¹²⁽¹¹⁾Don’t stay far from me, for trouble is near;
and there is no one to help.
¹³⁽¹²⁾Many bulls surround me,
wild bulls of Bashan close in on me.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾They open their mouths wide against me,
like ravening, roaring lions.
¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾I am poured out like water;
all my bones are out of joint;
my heart has become like wax —
it melts inside me;
¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾my mouth is as dry as a fragment of a pot,
my tongue sticks to my palate;
you lay me down in the dust of death.
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾Dogs are all around me,
a pack of villains closes in on me
like a lion [at] my hands and feet.^[a]

¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾I can count every one of my bones,
while they gaze at me and gloat.
¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾They divide my garments among themselves;
for my clothing they throw dice.

²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾But you, Adonai, don’t stay far away!
My strength, come quickly to help me!
²¹⁽²⁰⁾Rescue me from the sword,
my life from the power of the dogs.
²²⁽²¹⁾Save me from the lion’s mouth!

You have answered me from the wild bulls’ horns.
²³⁽²²⁾I will proclaim your name to my kinsmen;
right there in the assembly I will praise you:
²⁴⁽²³⁾“You who fear Adonai, praise him!
All descendants of Ya‘akov, glorify him!
All descendants of Isra’el, stand in awe of him!
²⁵⁽²⁴⁾For he has not despised or abhorred
the poverty of the poor;
he did not hide his face from him
but listened to his cry.”

²⁶⁽²⁵⁾Because of you
I give praise in the great assembly;
I will fulfill my vows
in the sight of those who fear him.
²⁷⁽²⁶⁾The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek Adonai will praise him;
Your hearts will enjoy life forever.
²⁸⁽²⁷⁾All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to Adonai;
all the clans of the nations
will worship in your presence.
²⁹⁽²⁸⁾For the kingdom belongs to Adonai,
and he rules the nations.

³⁰⁽²⁹⁾All who prosper on the earth
will eat and worship;
all who go down to the dust
will kneel before him,
including him who can’t keep himself alive,
³¹⁽³⁰⁾A descendant will serve him;
the next generation will be told of Adonai.
³²⁽³¹⁾They will come and proclaim
his righteousness
to a people yet unborn,
that he is the one who did it.