Psalms [Praises] 22:1-8

¹My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from yishu'ah ·delivering· me, and from the words of my groaning?

²My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.

³But you are holy, you who inhabit the tehilahot ·praise songs· of Israel God prevails.

⁴Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.

⁵They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.

⁶But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

⁷All who see me jeer at me. They insult me and shake their heads:

⁸“He trusts in Adonai ; so let him set him free! Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”