Psalm 22 — Legacy Standard Bible

Why Have You Forsaken Me?

For the choir director. According to ¹Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.

^aMy God, my God, why have You forsaken me?²^,^bFar from my salvation are the words of my ³^,^cgroaning.²O my God, I ^acall by day, but You do not answer;And by night, but ¹I have no rest.³Yet ^aYou are holy,¹Enthroned upon ^bthe praises of Israel.⁴In You our fathers ^atrusted;They trusted and You ^brescued them.⁵To You they cried out and were granted escape;^aIn You they trusted and were not ¹disappointed.⁶But I am a ^aworm and not a man,A ^breproach of men and ^cdespised by the people.⁷All who see me ^amock me;They ¹smack their lip, they ^bwag their head, saying,⁸“¹Commit yourself to Yahweh; ^alet Him rescue him;Let Him deliver him, because He delights in him.”⁹Yet You are He who ^abrought me out of the womb;You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.¹⁰Upon You I was cast ^afrom ¹birth;You have been my God from my mother’s womb.¹¹^aBe not far from me, for ¹distress is near;For there is ^bnone to help.¹²Many ^abulls have surrounded me;Strong bulls of ^bBashan have encircled me.¹³They ^aopen wide their mouth at me,As a ^blion that tears and roars.¹⁴I am ^apoured out like water,And all my ^bbones are out of joint;My ^cheart is like wax;It is melted within ¹me.¹⁵My ^astrength is dried up like a potsherd,And ^bmy tongue cleaves to my jaws;And You ^clay me ¹in the dust of death.¹⁶For ^adogs have surrounded me;¹A band of evildoers has encompassed me;²They ^bpierced my hands and my feet.¹⁷I count all my bones.^aThey look, they stare at me;¹⁸They ^adivide my garments among them,And for my clothing they cast lots.¹⁹But You, O Yahweh, ^abe not far off;O my Strength, ^bhasten to my help.²⁰Deliver my ¹soul from ^athe sword,My ^bonly life from the ²power of the dog.²¹Save me from the mouth of the ^alion;From the horns of the ^bwild oxen You ^chave answered me.²²I will surely ^arecount Your name to my brothers;In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.²³^aYou who fear Yahweh, praise Him;All you seed of Jacob, ^bglorify Him,And ^cstand in awe of Him, all you seed of Israel.²⁴For He has ^anot despised and He has not abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;And He has not ^bhidden His face from him;But ^cwhen he cried to Him for help, He heard.²⁵Of You is ^amy praise in the great assembly;I shall ^bpay my vows before those who fear Him.²⁶The ¹afflicted will eat and ^abe satisfied;Those who seek Him will ^bpraise Yahweh.May your ^cheart live forever!²⁷All the ^aends of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh,And all the ^bfamilies of the nations will worship before ¹You.²⁸For the ^akingdom is Yahweh’sAnd He ^brules over the nations.²⁹All the ¹^,^aprosperous of the earth will eat and worship,All those who ^bgo down to the dust will bow before Him,Even he who ²^,^ccannot keep his soul alive.³⁰^aTheir seed will serve Him;It will be recounted about the Lord to ^bthe coming generation.³¹They will come and ^awill declare His righteousnessTo a people ^bwho will be born, that He has done it.