Psalms 22 - Amplified Bible(AMP)

A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise.

To the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth Hashshahar (The Doe of the Dawn). A Psalm of David.

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?

2O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer;

And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.

3But You are holy,

O You who are enthroned in the praises of Israel.

4In You our fathers trusted;

They trusted and You rescued them.

5They cried out to You and were delivered;

They trusted in You and were not disappointed or ashamed.

6¶But I am a worm and not a man;

I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.

7All who see me laugh at me and mock me;

They open their lips, they shake their head, saying,

8“He trusted and committed himself to the Lord, let Him save him.

Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

9¶Yet You are He who pulled me out of the womb;

You made me trust when on my mother’s breasts.

10I was cast upon You from birth;

From my mother’s womb You have been my God.

11¶Do not be far from me, for trouble is near;

And there is no one to help.

12Many bulls have surrounded me;

Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

13They open wide their mouths against me,

Like a ravening and a roaring lion.

14I am poured out like water,

And all my bones are out of joint.

My heart is like wax;

It is melted within me.

15My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;

And my tongue clings to my jaws;

And You have laid me in the dust of death.

16For dogs have surrounded me;

A gang of evildoers has encircled me,

They pierced my hands and my feet.

17I can count all my bones;

They look, they stare at me.

18They divide my clothing among them

And cast lots for my garment.

19¶But You, O Lord, do not be far from me;

O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.

20Rescue my life from the sword,

My only life from the paw of the dog (the executioner).

21Save me from the lion’s mouth;

From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

22¶I will tell of Your name to my countrymen;

In the midst of the congregation I will praise You.

23You who fear the Lord, praise Him!

All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him.

Fear Him, all you descendants of Israel.

24For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;

Nor has He hidden His face from him;

But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.

25¶My praise will be of You in the great assembly.

I will pay my vows before those who fear Him.

26The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;

Those who seek Him and require Him will praise the Lord.

May your hearts live forever!

27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,

And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,

28For the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord’s

And He rules over the nations.

29All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship;

All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him,

Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

30Posterity will serve Him;

They will tell of the Lord to the next generation.

31They will come and declare His righteousness

To a people yet to be born—that He has done it.