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1 (For the one directing. To the Deer of the Dawn. Mizmor Dovid)
2 Eli, Eli, lamah azavtani?*See Mt 27:46
Why art Thou so far from my yeshu'ah, and from the words of my groaning?
3 Elohai, I cry yomam, but Thou hearest not;
and v'lailah, and am not silent.
4 But Atah Kadosh,
O Thou enthroned on the tehillot Yisroel.
5 Avoteinu trusted in Thee;
they had bitachon, and Thou didst deliver them.
6 They cried unto Thee, and were delivered;
they had bitachon in Thee, and were not disappointed.
7 But I am a tola'at, and no ish;
a reproach of men, and despised of the people.†See Isa 53:3 on the despised Moshiach
8 All they that see me mock me;
they shoot out the lip, they shake the rosh, saying,
9 He trusted in Hashem;
let Hashem rescue him; let Him deliver him, since He delights in him.
10 But Thou art He that took me out of the womb;
Thou didst make me trust when I was upon the breasts of immi.
11 I was cast upon Thee from the womb;
Thou art Eli from the womb of immi.
12 Be not far from me;
for tzoros is near; and there is none to help.
13 Parim rabbim (many bulls) have encompassed me;
strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round about.
14 They opened wide their mouths upon me,
like an aryeh roaring and tearing prey.
15 I am poured out like mayim,
and all my atzmot are out of joint;
my lev is like wax;
it is melted away within me.
16 My ko'ach is dried up like baked clay;
and my leshon cleaveth to my jaws;
and Thou layest me in the aphar mavet (dust of death).
17 For kelavim have surrounded me;
the Adat Mere'im (congregation of evil men) have enclosed me;
KA'ARU YADAI V'RAGELAI (they pierced my hands and my feet).‡See Isa 53:5; Zech 12:10 and medieval Hebrew Scripture manuscripts as well as the Targum HaShivim
18 I can count all my atzmot;
the people stare and gloat at me.
19 They divide up my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast goral (lots).§Mt 27:35; Lk 23:34; Yn 19:24
20 But be not Thou far from me, Hashem;
O my strength, hasten Thee to help me.
21 Deliver my nefesh from the cherev,
my yechid (only one, only) [nefesh] from the power of the kelev (dog).
22 Hoshieini from the mouth of the aryeh;
for Thou hast heard me from the karnayim of the wild bulls.
23 I will declare Thy Shem unto my Achim;
in the midst of the Kahal will I praise Thee.
24 Ye that fear Hashem, praise Him;
all ye Zera Ya'akov, give Him kavod;
and fear Him, all ye Zera Yisroel.
25 For He hath not despised
nor disdained the enut ani (affliction of the afflicted);
neither hath He hid His face from him;
but when he cried unto Him, He heard.
26 My tehillah shall be from Thee in the Kahal Rav;
I will fulfill my nedar before them that fear Him.
27 The anavim (meek) shall eat and be satisfied;
they that seek Him shall praise Hashem.
Let your levav live forever!
28 All the ends of HaAretz shall remember
and turn unto Hashem;
and all the mishpechot of the Goyim
shall bow down in worship before Thee.
29 For the Meluchah is Hashemʼs:
and He is the Moshel over the Goyim.
30 All they that thrive upon HaAretz
shall eat and worship;
all they that go down to the aphar (dust) shall bow before Him;
even he who cannot keep alive his own nefesh.
31 Zera shall serve Him;
it shall be told to the generation [to come] concerning Adonoi.
32 They shall come, and shall declare His tzedek
unto an Am Nolad (a [future] people that shall be born),
that He hath done this.

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*22:2 See Mt 27:46

†22:7 See Isa 53:3 on the despised Moshiach

‡22:17 See Isa 53:5; Zech 12:10 and medieval Hebrew Scripture manuscripts as well as the Targum HaShivim

§22:19 Mt 27:35; Lk 23:34; Yn 19:24

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