Psalm 22	
  
		22:0 For the choir director; To [the tune of] “The Doe of the 		Morning.” A psalm of David.

	    22:1  My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 
			    Far from my deliverance are the words of my 			        groaning.
         22:2  My God, I cry out during the day,
			      but you do not answer,
			    and during the night, 
			      there is no silence to me. 	
         22:3  You are holy;
			    enthroned as king receiving the praises of Israel.
	    22:4  In you our fathers trusted; 
			   They trusted and you delivered them.
	    22:5  To you they cried out, and they were rescued;
			   in you they trusted and they were not ashamed.
	    22:6  But I am a worm and not a man, 
			      a reproach of men and despised by the people.
	    22:7  All who see me, taunt me; 
			    they mock me and shake their heads.
	   22:8  “Commit yourself to the LORD; let him deliver 				    him; 
			  let him rescue him, because he delights in him.”
	   22:9  Yet, you are the one who brought me out from the 			    womb;
			  you made me trust when upon my mother’s 					    breasts.
	   22:10 Upon you I was cast from birth; 
			    from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
	   22:11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near; 
			   for there is none to help.
	   22:12 Many bulls have surrounded me; 
			   powerful bulls of Bashan have surrounded me.
	   22:13 They open their mouth at me,
			   as a lion, tearing at their prey and roaring. 
	   22:14 I am poured out like water, 
			  and all my bones are out of joint; 
			  my heart is like wax;
			  it is melted in me. 
	   22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, 
			   my tongue sticks to my mouth;
			   and you lay me in the dust of death.
	   22:16 For dogs have surrounded me; 
			    a band of evildoers has encircled me; 
			    like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
	   22:17 I can count all my bones; 
			    they [enemies] look, they stare at me;
	   22:18 They are dividing up my clothes among 								themselves;
			   and for my clothing they cast lots.
	   22:19 But you, O LORD, be not far off; 
			     quickly, be my help for assistance. 
	   22:20 Deliver my life from the sword,
				my sole life from the paw [power] of the wild dog. 
	   22:21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lion,
			     and from the horns of the wild oxen!
			    You— have answered me!
	   22:22 I will proclaim your name to my brethren; 
			     in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.
	   22:23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! 
			    All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! 
			    Be in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
	   22:24 For he [the LORD] has not despised nor detested 				     he affliction of the afflicted; 
			   Nor has he hidden his face [ignored] from him; 
			    but when he cried to him, he heard.
	   22:25 From you comes my praise in the great assembly; 
			    I shall fulfill my vows before those who fear him.
 	   22:26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; 
			     those who seek him will praise the LORD. 
			     May your hearts live forever!
	   22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn 				     to the LORD, 
			   and all the families of the nations will worship 					before you.
	   22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD’S 
			     and he rules over the nations.
         22:29 All the thriving people of the earth will eat and 				       worship; 
			    all those who go down to the dust will bow before 				  him, 
			      even he who cannot keep his self alive.
	   22:30 Future offspring will serve him.
			     It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
	   22:31 They will come and will proclaim his righteousness 
			    to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.