Psalms 22

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 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 choirmaster To 'the Doe of the Dawn' Psalm Of David] My God, my God, why have youforsaken me? The words of my groaning do nothing to save me.
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.	2 My God, I cal by day but you do not answer, at night, but I find no respite.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.	3 Yet you, the Holy One, who make your home in the praises of Israel,
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.	4 in you our ancestors put their trust, they trusted and you set them free.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.	5 To you they cal ed for help and were delivered; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.	6 But I am a worm, less than human, scorn of mankind, contempt of the people;
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head saying,	7 al who see me jeer at me, they sneer and wag their heads,
8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.	8 'He trusted himself to Yahweh, let Yahweh set him free! Let him deliver him, as he took such delight inhim.'
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 It was you who drew me from the womb and soothed me on my mother's breast.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.	10 On you was I cast from my birth, from the womb I have belonged to you.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.	11 Do not hold aloof, for trouble is upon me, and no one to help me!
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.	12 Many bulls are encircling me, wild bul s of Bashan closing in on me.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.	13 Lions ravening and roaring open their jaws at me.
14 I 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.	14 My strength is trickling away, my bones are al disjointed, my heart has turned to wax, melting insideme.
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 mouth is dry as earthenware, my tongue sticks to my jaw. You lay me down in the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.	16 A pack of dogs surrounds me, a gang of villains closing in on me as if to hack off my hands and myfeet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.	17 I can count every one of my bones, while they look on and gloat;
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.	18 they divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.	19 Yahweh, do not hold aloof! My strength, come quickly to my help,
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.	20 rescue my soul from the sword, the one life I have from the grasp of the dog!
21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.	21 Save me from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the wild bul s' horns!
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.	22 I shal proclaim your name to my brothers, praise you in ful assembly:
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 'You who fear Yahweh, praise him! Al the race of Jacob, honour him! Revere him, all the race ofIsrael!'
24 For 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.	24 For he has not despised nor disregarded the poverty of the poor, has not turned away his face, buthas listened to the cry for help.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.	25 Of you is my praise in the thronged assembly, I wil perform my vows before al who fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.	26 The poor wil eat and be fil ed, those who seek Yahweh wil praise him, 'May your heart live for ever.'
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 The whole wide world wil remember and return to Yahweh, al the families of nations bow downbefore him.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations.	28 For to Yahweh, ruler of the nations, belongs kingly power!
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 Al who prosper on earth wil bow before him, al who go down to the dust wil do reverence beforehim. And those who are dead,
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.	30 their descendants wil serve him, wil proclaim his name to generations
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.	31 stil to come; and these will tel of his saving justice to a people yet unborn: he has fulfilled it.