22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

22:2 My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don`t answer; In the night season, and am not silent.

22:3 But you are holy, You who inhabit the praises of Israel.

22:4 Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.

22:5 They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not put to shame.

22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.

22:7 All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

22:8 He trusts in Yahweh; Let him deliver him; Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."

22:9 But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother`s breasts.

22:10 I was thrown on you from my mother`s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

22:11 Don`t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.

22:12 Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

22:13 They open their mouths wide against me, Lions tearing prey and roaring.

22:14 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.

22:16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet.

22:17 I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.

22:18 They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.

22:19 But don`t be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.

22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog.

22:21 Save me from the lion`s mouth; Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen you have answered me.

22:22 I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly, will I praise you.

22:23 You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!

22:24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hid his face from him; But when he cried to him, he heard.

22:25 Of you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

22:26 The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

22:27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

22:28 For the kingdom is Yahweh`s. He is the ruler over the nations.

22:29 All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he who can`t keep his soul alive.

22:30 Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.