Psalm 22 - American Standard Version 20151 {\b For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?\par\tab {\i Why art thou so} far from helping me, {\i and from} the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not;\par\tab And in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee:\par\tab They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered:\par\tab They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame. 6 But I am a worm, and no man;\par\tab A reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn:\par\tab They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, {\i saying}, 8 Commit {\i thyself} unto Jehovah; let him deliver him:\par\tab Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him. 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb;\par\tab Thou didst make me trust {\i when I was} upon my mother's breasts. 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb;\par\tab Thou art my God since my mother bare me. 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near;\par\tab For there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me;\par\tab Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gape upon me with their mouth,\par\tab {\i As} a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water,\par\tab And all my bones are out of joint:\par\tab My heart is like wax;\par\tab It is melted within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd;\par\tab And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;\par\tab And thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed me:\par\tab A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;\par\tab They pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may count all my bones.\par\tab They look and stare upon me; 18 They part my garments among them,\par\tab And upon my vesture do they cast lots. 19 But be not thou far off, O Jehovah:\par\tab O thou my succor, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword,\par\tab My darling from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion's mouth;\par\tab Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me. 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren:\par\tab In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee. 23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him;\par\tab All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;\par\tab And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;\par\tab Neither hath he hid his face from him;\par\tab But when he cried unto him, he heard. 25 Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly:\par\tab I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied;\par\tab They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him:\par\tab Let your heart live for ever. 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah;\par\tab And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's;\par\tab And he is the ruler over the nations. 29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship:\par\tab All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him,\par\tab Even he that cannot keep his soul alive. 30 A seed shall serve him;\par\tab It shall be told of the Lord unto the {\i next} generation. 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness\par\tab Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.\par |
Edited by Jeff D. Huddleston. Based on the 1901 American Standard Version (ASV-1901).