22
A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise.
For the choir director; upon
AAijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.
1 AMy God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
1BFar from my deliverance are the words of my
2Cgroaning.
2 O my God, I
Acry by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but
1I have no rest.
O You who
1are enthroned upon
Bthe praises of Israel.
4 In You our fathers
Atrusted;
They trusted and You
Bdelivered them.
5 To You they cried out and were delivered;
AIn You they trusted and were not
1disappointed.
6 But I am a
Aworm and not a man,
A
Breproach of men and
Cdespised by the people.
7 All who see me
1Asneer at me;
They
2separate with the lip, they
Bwag the head,
saying, 8 “
1Commit
yourself to the Loʀᴅ;
Alet Him deliver him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
9 Yet You are He who
Abrought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
10 Upon You I was cast
Afrom
1birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
11 ABe not far from me, for
1trouble is near;
For there is
Bnone to help.
12 Many
Abulls have surrounded me;
Strong
bulls of
BBashan have encircled me.
13 They
Aopen wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring
Blion.
14 I am
Apoured out like water,
And all my
Bbones are out of joint;
15 My
Astrength is dried up like a potsherd,
And
Bmy tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You
Clay me
1in the dust of death.
16 For
Adogs have surrounded me;
1A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
2They
Bpierced my hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones.
AThey look, they stare at me;
18 They
Adivide my garments among them,
And for my clothing they cast lots.
19 But You, O Loʀᴅ,
Abe not far off;
O You my help,
Bhasten to my assistance.
20 Deliver my
1soul from
Athe sword,
My
Bonly
life from the
2power of the dog.
21 Save me from the
Alion’s mouth;
From the horns of the
Bwild oxen You
Canswer me.
22 I will
Atell of Your name to my brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23 AYou who fear the Loʀᴅ, praise Him;
All you
1descendants of Jacob,
Bglorify Him,
And
Cstand in awe of Him, all you
1descendants of Israel.
24 For He has
Anot despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He
Bhidden His face from him;
But
Cwhen he cried to Him for help, He heard.
25 From You
comes Amy praise in the great assembly;
I shall
Bpay my vows before those who fear Him.
26 The
1afflicted will eat and
Abe satisfied;
Those who seek Him will
Bpraise the Loʀᴅ.
Let your
Cheart live forever!
27 All the
Aends of the earth will remember and turn to the Loʀᴅ,
And all the
Bfamilies of the nations will worship before
1You.
28 For the
Akingdom is the Loʀᴅ’s
And He
Brules over the nations.
29 All the
1Aprosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who
Bgo down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he who
2Ccannot keep his soul alive.
30 1APosterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to
Bthe
coming generation.
31 They will come and
Awill declare His righteousness
To a people
Bwho will be born, that He has performed
it.