- 1To 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?
- 2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
- 3But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
- 4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
- 5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
- 6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
- 7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
- 8He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
- 9But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
- 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; for there is none to help.
- 12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
- 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 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 cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
- 16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- 17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
- 18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
- 19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
- 20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
- 21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
- 22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
- 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 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 shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
- 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 world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- 28For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the nations.
- 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.
- 30A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
- 31They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
KING JAMES VERSION
PSALMS 22
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Psalms 22 — A cry of forsakenness passes through suffering and deliverance into worldwide worship proclaimed to future generations.
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The scene preserves the psalm’s Davidic lament and messianic resonance without graphic wounds or an exclusive reconstruction of its fulfillment.
Scripture basis: Psalms 22:1–31King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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