Psalms 22

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
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.	1 For the leader; according to "The deer of the dawn." A psalm of David.
2 My God, I cal by day but you do not answer, at night, but I find no respite.	2 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why so far from my call for help, from my cries of anguish?
3 Yet you, the Holy One, who make your home in the praises of Israel,	3 My God, I call by day, but you do not answer; by night, but I have no relief.
4 in you our ancestors put their trust, they trusted and you set them free.	4 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the glory of Israel.
5 To you they cal ed for help and were delivered; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.	5 In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted and you rescued them.
6 But I am a worm, less than human, scorn of mankind, contempt of the people;	6 To you they cried out and they escaped; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
7 al who see me jeer at me, they sneer and wag their heads,	7 But I am a worm, hardly human, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
8 'He trusted himself to Yahweh, let Yahweh set him free! Let him deliver him, as he took such delight inhim.'	8 All who see me mock me; they curl their lips and jeer; they shake their heads at me:
9 It was you who drew me from the womb and soothed me on my mother's breast.	9 "You relied on the LORD--let him deliver you; if he loves you, let him rescue you."
10 On you was I cast from my birth, from the womb I have belonged to you.	10 Yet you drew me forth from the womb, made me safe at my mother's breast.
11 Do not hold aloof, for trouble is upon me, and no one to help me!	11 Upon you I was thrust from the womb; since birth you are my God.
12 Many bulls are encircling me, wild bul s of Bashan closing in on me.	12 Do not stay far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help.
13 Lions ravening and roaring open their jaws at me.	13 Many bulls surround me; fierce bulls of Bashan encircle me.
14 My strength is trickling away, my bones are al disjointed, my heart has turned to wax, melting insideme.	14 They open their mouths against me, lions that rend and roar.
15 My mouth is dry as earthenware, my tongue sticks to my jaw. You lay me down in the dust of death.	15 Like water my life drains away; all my bones grow soft. My heart has become like wax, it melts away within me.
16 A pack of dogs surrounds me, a gang of villains closing in on me as if to hack off my hands and myfeet.	16 As dry as a potsherd is my throat; my tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me in the dust of death.
17 I can count every one of my bones, while they look on and gloat;	17 Many dogs surround me; a pack of evildoers closes in on me. So wasted are my hands and feet
18 they divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.	18 that I can count all my bones. They stare at me and gloat;
19 Yahweh, do not hold aloof! My strength, come quickly to my help,	19 they divide my garments among them; for my clothing they cast lots.
20 rescue my soul from the sword, the one life I have from the grasp of the dog!	20 But you, LORD, do not stay far off; my strength, come quickly to help me.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the wild bul s' horns!	21 Deliver me from the sword, my forlorn life from the teeth of the dog.
22 I shal proclaim your name to my brothers, praise you in ful assembly:	22 Save me from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the horns of wild bulls.
23 'You who fear Yahweh, praise him! Al the race of Jacob, honour him! Revere him, all the race ofIsrael!'	23 Then I will proclaim your name to the assembly; in the community I will praise you:
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.	24 "You who fear the LORD, give praise! All descendants of Jacob, give honor; show reverence, all descendants of Israel!
25 Of you is my praise in the thronged assembly, I wil perform my vows before al who fear him.	25 For God has not spurned or disdained the misery of this poor wretch, Did not turn away from me, but heard me when I cried out.
26 The poor wil eat and be fil ed, those who seek Yahweh wil praise him, 'May your heart live for ever.'	26 I will offer praise in the great assembly; my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.
27 The whole wide world wil remember and return to Yahweh, al the families of nations bow downbefore him.	27 The poor will eat their fill; those who seek the LORD will offer praise. May your hearts enjoy life forever!"
28 For to Yahweh, ruler of the nations, belongs kingly power!	28 All the ends of the earth will worship and turn to the LORD; All the families of nations will bow low before you.
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,	29 For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations.
30 their descendants wil serve him, wil proclaim his name to generations	30 All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage.
31 stil to come; and these will tel of his saving justice to a people yet unborn: he has fulfilled it.	31 And I will live for the LORD; my descendants will serve you.
	32 The generation to come will be told of the Lord, that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn the deliverance you have brought.