Psalm 22

¹ My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning?

¹ {To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

¹ For the choir director; upon ^(a)Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.^(A)My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?^(b)(B)Far from my deliverance are the words of my ^(c)(C)groaning.

¹ For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.”^(a) A Davidic psalm.My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?^(A)Why are You so far from my deliverance^(B)and from my words of groaning?^(b)(C)

¹ My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from delivering me from my groaning words?

³ But thou are holy, O thou who inhabit the praises of Israel.

³ But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

³ Yet ^(E)You are holy,O You who ^(e)are enthroned upon ^(F)the praises of Israel.

³ But You are holy,enthroned on the praises of Israel.^(E)

³ You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

⁵ They cried to thee, and were delivered. They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.

⁵ They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

⁵ To You they cried out and were delivered;^(I)In You they trusted and were not ^(f)disappointed.

⁵ They cried to You and were set free;they trusted in You and were not disgraced.^(G)

⁵ They cried out to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not put to shame.

⁷ All those who see me laugh me to scorn. They shoot out the lip. They shake the head, [saying],

⁷ All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

⁷ All who see me ^(g)(M)sneer at me;They ^(h)separate with the lip, they ^(N)wag the head, saying,

⁷ Everyone who sees me mocks me;they sneer^(c) and shake their heads:^(J)

⁷ Everyone who sees me mocks me; they gape at me with open mouths and shake their heads at me.

⁹ But thou are he who took me out of the womb. Thou made me trust upon my mother's breasts.

⁹ But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

⁹ Yet You are He who ^(P)brought me forth from the womb;You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.

⁹ You took me from the womb,making me secure while at my mother’s breast.^(L)

⁹ Yet, you are the one who took me from the womb, and kept me safe on my mother's breasts.

¹¹ Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.

¹¹ Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

^{11 (R)}Be not far from me, for ^(k)trouble is near;For there is ^(S)none to help.

¹¹ Do not be far from me, because distress is nearand there is no one to help.^(N)

¹¹ Do not be so distant from me, for trouble is at hand; indeed, there is no deliverer.

¹³ They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

¹³ They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

¹³ They ^(V)open wide their mouth at me,As a ravening and a roaring ^(W)lion.

¹³ They open their mouths against me—lions, mauling and roaring.^(P)

¹³ Their mouths are opened wide toward me, like roaring and attacking lions.

¹⁵ My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.

¹⁵ My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

¹⁵ My ^(AA)strength is dried up like a potsherd,And ^(AB)my tongue cleaves to my jaws;And You ^(AC)lay me ^(m)in the dust of death.

¹⁵ My strength is dried up like baked clay;^(T)my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.^(U)You put me into the dust of death.^(V)

¹⁵ My strength is dried up like broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have brought me down to the dust of death.

¹⁷ I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me.

¹⁷ I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

¹⁷ I can count all my bones.^(AF)They look, they stare at me;

¹⁷ I can count all my bones;people^(h) look and stare at me.^(Y)

¹⁷ I can count all my bones. They look at me; they stare at me.

¹⁹ But be thou not far off, O LORD. O thou my succor, hasten thee to help me.

¹⁹ But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

¹⁹ But You, O Lord, ^(AH)be not far off;O You my help, ^(AI)hasten to my assistance.

¹⁹ But You, Lord, don’t be far away.^(AA)My strength, come quickly to help me.^(AB)

¹⁹ But as for you, LORD, do not be far away from me; My Strength, come quickly to help me.

²¹ Save me from the lion's mouth, yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen. Thou have answered me.

²¹ Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

²¹ Save me from the ^(AL)lion’s mouth;From the horns of the ^(AM)wild oxen You ^(AN)answer me.

²¹ Save me from the mouth of the lion!^(AD)You have rescued^(j) mefrom the horns of the wild oxen.

²¹ Deliver me from the mouth of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen. You have answered me.

²³ Ye who fear LORD, praise him. All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.

²³ Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

^{23 (AP)}You who fear the Lord, praise Him;All you ^(r)descendants of Jacob, ^(AQ)glorify Him,And ^(AR)stand in awe of Him, all you ^(s)descendants of Israel.

²³ You who fear Yahweh, praise Him!^(AF)All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him!All you descendants of Israel, revere Him!^(AG)

²³ "All who fear the LORD, praise him! All the seed of Jacob, glorify him! All the seed of Israel, fear him!

²⁵ From thee comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

²⁵ My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

²⁵ From You comes ^(AV)my praise in the great assembly;I shall ^(AW)pay my vows before those who fear Him.

²⁵ I will give praise^(k) in the great congregationbecause of You;^(AK)I will fulfill my vowsbefore those who fear You.^(l)(AL)

²⁵ My praise in the great congregation is because of you; I will pay my vows before those who fear you.

²⁷ All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to LORD, and all the kinfolk of the nations shall worship before thee.

²⁷ All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

²⁷ All the ^(BA)ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,And all the ^(BB)families of the nations will worship before ^(u)You.

²⁷ All the ends of the earth will rememberand turn to the Lord.All the families of the nationswill bow down before You,^(AO)

²⁷ All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD; all the families of the nations will bow in submission to the LORD.

²⁹ All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

²⁹ All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

²⁹ All the ^(v)(BE)prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,All those who ^(BF)go down to the dust will bow before Him,Even he who ^(w)(BG)cannot keep his soul alive.

²⁹ All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;all those who go down to the dustwill kneel before Him—even the one who cannot preserve his life.^(AQ)

²⁹ All the prosperous people will eat and bow down in submission. All those who are about to go down to the grave will bow down in submission, along with the one who can no longer keep himself alive.

³¹ They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he has done it.

³¹ They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

³¹ They will come and ^(BJ)will declare His righteousnessTo a people ^(BK)who will be born, that He has performed it.

³¹ They will come and tell a people yet to be bornabout His righteousness—what He has done.^(AS)

³¹ They will come and declare his righteousness to a people yet to be born; indeed, he has accomplished it! A Davidic Psalm.