Psalm 22 (Why Have You Forsaken Me?)

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Why are You so far from helping me?

From the words of my groaning

Oh my God, I cry to You all day long

Still You do not respond

I cry all the night, and have no rest

But You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel

In You our fathers trusted, they trusted and You delivered them

They cried to You and were rescued

They cried to You and were not put to shame

But I’m a worm

Not a man, the scourge of all mankind

Despised by everyone

They wag their tongues at me, say-ing

Let God rescue him, since He so delights in him!!

But You are He who took me from the womb

You made me trust on my mother’s breasts

I was cast on You from birth

From my mother’s womb You’ve been my God

Do not be far from me

For trouble is near and there is none to help

Many bulls surround me, strong bulls of Bashan

They open wide their mouths at me like a raging, roaring lion

I am poured out like water and my bones are out of joint

My heart is like wax, it is melted within me

My strength is dried up like a potsherd and my tongue

Clings to my jaws, You’ve laid me in the dust of death

For dogs, they surround me, an evil mob encircles me

They pierced my hands and my feet, I can count my bones

They stare at me and laugh at me, they cast lots for my robes

But You, oh Yahweh, do not be far away

O my strength, come quickly to my aid!

Save me from the sword and the power of the dog

Save me from the lion’s mouth and from the goring horns of the wild bull

You have answered me

You have answered me

You have answered me and I’ll declare Your name to my brothers

In the midst of the assembly I will praise You without shame

Saying: You who fear the Lord

Praise Him, all you offspring of Jacob

Glorify Him and stand in awe of Him, You child – ren of Israel

For He has not despised the affliction of the afflicted

And has not hidden His face from them, but heard when they cried to Him

My praise comes from You in the great congregation

I will perform my vows before those who fear Him

The poor will eat their fill and be satisfied

And those who seek Him shall praise the

Lord, may your heart live forever

May your heart live forever!

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

And all the families of the nations will worship You, for

Kingship belongs to the Lord and He rules over the nations

And all the prosperous of the earth shall eat and worship

Before Him shall go down all who go down to the dust

Even those who could not keep themselves alive

Posterity shall serve him, it shall be told of the Lord to the next generation

They shall proclaim His righteousness

To a people yet unborn that He, O He, He has done this

O He, He has done this, O He, He has done this