Psalms 22

NEW JERUSALEM	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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 To the choirmaster: according to The Hind of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
2 My God, I cal by day but you do not answer, at night, but I find no respite.	2 O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest.
3 Yet you, the Holy One, who make your home in the praises of Israel,	3 Yet thou art holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4 in you our ancestors put their trust, they trusted and you set them free.	4 In thee our fathers trusted; they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 To you they cal ed for help and were delivered; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.	5 To thee they cried, and were saved; in thee they trusted, and were not disappointed.
6 But I am a worm, less than human, scorn of mankind, contempt of the people;	6 But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people.
7 al who see me jeer at me, they sneer and wag their heads,	7 All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads;
8 'He trusted himself to Yahweh, let Yahweh set him free! Let him deliver him, as he took such delight inhim.'	8 "He committed his cause to the LORD; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, for he delights in him!"
9 It was you who drew me from the womb and soothed me on my mother's breast.	9 Yet thou art he who took me from the womb; thou didst keep me safe upon my mother's breasts.
10 On you was I cast from my birth, from the womb I have belonged to you.	10 Upon thee was I cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God.
11 Do not hold aloof, for trouble is upon me, and no one to help me!	11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help.
12 Many bulls are encircling me, wild bul s of Bashan closing in on me.	12 Many bulls encompass me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
13 Lions ravening and roaring open their jaws at me.	13 they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
14 My strength is trickling away, my bones are al disjointed, my heart has turned to wax, melting insideme.	14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my breast;
15 My mouth is dry as earthenware, my tongue sticks to my jaw. You lay me down in the dust of death.	15 my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death.
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 Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet--
17 I can count every one of my bones, while they look on and gloat;	17 I can count all my bones-- they stare and gloat over me;
18 they divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.	18 they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots.
19 Yahweh, do not hold aloof! My strength, come quickly to my help,	19 But thou, O LORD, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid!
20 rescue my soul from the sword, the one life I have from the grasp of the dog!	20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog!
21 Save me from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the wild bul s' horns!	21 Save me from the mouth of the lion, my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen!
22 I shal proclaim your name to my brothers, praise you in ful assembly:	22 I will tell of thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee:
23 'You who fear Yahweh, praise him! Al the race of Jacob, honour him! Revere him, all the race ofIsrael!'	23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! all you sons of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you sons of Israel!
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 For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
25 Of you is my praise in the thronged assembly, I wil perform my vows before al who fear him.	25 From thee comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.
26 The poor wil eat and be fil ed, those who seek Yahweh wil praise him, 'May your heart live for ever.'	26 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live for ever!
27 The whole wide world wil remember and return to Yahweh, al the families of nations bow downbefore him.	27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.
28 For to Yahweh, ruler of the nations, belongs kingly power!	28 For dominion belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
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 Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive.
30 their descendants wil serve him, wil proclaim his name to generations	30 Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation,
31 stil to come; and these will tel of his saving justice to a people yet unborn: he has fulfilled it.	31 and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it.