Psalm 22, side by side

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

¹My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

²I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

²O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

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

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

⁴In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.

⁴Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

⁵They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.

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

⁶But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

⁶But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

⁷All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

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

⁸“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”

⁸He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

⁹Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

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

¹⁰From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.

¹⁰I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

¹¹Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

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

¹²Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

¹²Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

¹³They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

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

¹⁴I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

¹⁴I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

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

¹⁶For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

¹⁶For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.

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

¹⁸They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

¹⁸They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

¹⁹But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

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

²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

²¹Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

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

²²I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.

²²I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

²³You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!

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

²⁴For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.

²⁴For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

²⁵My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.

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

²⁶The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

²⁶The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

²⁷All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

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

²⁸For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.

²⁸For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the nations.

²⁹All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.

²⁹All 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.

³⁰Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.

³⁰A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

³¹They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn— all that He has done.

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