Psalms 22:1-10

¹For the music director. To the tune “Doe of the Dawn.” A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan, asking for help?

²My God, every day I cry out to you, but you don't answer; at night too, but I get no rest.

³Yet you are holy, and the praises of Israel are your throne.

⁴Our forefathers trusted in you; they trusted and you rescued them.

⁵They cried out to you for help, and they were saved. They trusted in you and were not defeated.

⁶But I'm a worm, not a man, scorned and despised by everyone.

⁷People who see me mock me. They laugh at me and shake their heads, saying,

⁸“He trusts in the Lord—well then, let the Lord save him! If the Lord is such a friend, then let the Lord rescue him!”

⁹However, you brought me safely through birth, and led me to trust in you at my mother's breasts.

¹⁰I was entrusted to you from birth; from the time I was born you have been my God.