Psalms 22:11-30

¹¹Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

¹²A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.

¹³I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

¹⁴I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.

¹⁵My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

¹⁶Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

¹⁷I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:

¹⁸They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.

¹⁹Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.

²⁰Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.

²¹Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.

²²I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.

²³You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.

²⁴For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

²⁵My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.

²⁶The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

²⁷All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

²⁸For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.

²⁹All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

³⁰A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.