Psalms 22:1-16

¹“To the chief musician upon Ayeleth-hashachar, a psalm of David.” (22:2) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from saving me, and from the words of my loud complaint?

²(22:3) O my God! I call in the day-time, but thou answerest not; and in the night I find no rest.

³(22:4) But thou art holy, O thou that dwellest amidst the praises of Israel.

⁴(22:5) In thee did our fathers trust: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

⁵(22:6) Unto thee they cried, and were delivered: in thee they trusted, and were not put to shame.

⁶(22:7) But I am a worm, and not a man, a reproach of men, and despised of people.

⁷(22:8) All those who see me laugh me to scorn: they draw open their lips, they shake their head, saying,

⁸(22:9) “Let him throw himself on the Lord, that he may deliver him: he will save him, for he delighteth in him.”

⁹(22:10) Yea, thou art he that took me from the womb: thou hast been my trust when I hung on my mother's breasts.

¹⁰(22:11) Upon thee was I cast from my birth: from my mother's womb art thou my God.

¹¹(22:12) Oh be not far from me now; for distress is near; for there is none to help.

¹²(22:13) Many steers have encompassed me: the strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

¹³(22:14) They have opened wide against me their mouth, as a ravenous and roaring lion.

¹⁴(22:15) Like water am I poured out, and all my bones are disjointed: my heart is become like wax, it is melted in the midst of my entrails.

¹⁵(22:16) Like a potsherd is my strength dried up; and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and into the dust of death hast thou laid me down.

¹⁶(22:17) For dogs have encompassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: like lions they threaten my hands and my feet.