Psalm 22:1-31 LSB
[1] My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my groaning. [2] O my God, I call by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest. [3] Yet You are holy, Enthroned upon the praises of Israel. [4] In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You rescued them. [5] To You they cried out and were granted escape; In You they trusted and were not disappointed. [6] But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people. [7] All who see me mock me; They smack their lip, they wag their head, saying, [8] “Commit yourself to Yahweh; let Him rescue him; Let Him deliver him, because He delights in him.” [9] Yet You are He who brought me out of the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts. [10] Upon You I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb. [11] Be not far from me, for distress is near; For there is none to help. [12] Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. [13] They open wide their mouth at me, As a lion that tears and roars. [14] I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It is melted within me. [15] My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death. [16] For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. [17] I count all my bones. They look, they stare at me; [18] They divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots. [19] But You, O Yahweh, be not far off; O my Strength, hasten to my help. [20] Deliver my soul from the sword, My only life from the power of the dog. [21] Save me from the mouth of the lion; From the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me. [22] I will surely recount Your name to my brothers; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You. [23] You who fear Yahweh, praise Him; All you seed of Jacob, glorify Him, And stand in awe of Him, all you seed of Israel. [24] For He has not despised and He has not abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; And He has not hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard. [25] Of You is my praise in the great assembly; I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him. [26] The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise Yahweh. May your heart live forever! [27] All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh, And all the families of the nations will worship before You. [28] For the kingdom is Yahweh’s And He rules over the nations. [29] All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship, All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive. [30] Their seed will serve Him; It will be recounted about the Lord to the coming generation. [31] They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has done it.
