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Psalm 22
New International Version

### Psalm 22[a]

#### For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?(A)
Why are you so far(B) from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?(C)
2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,(D)
by night,(E) but I find no rest.[b]

3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;(F)
you are the one Israel praises.[c](G)
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.(H)
5 To you they cried out(I) and were saved;
in you they trusted(J) and were not put to shame.(K)

6 But I am a worm(L) and not a man,
scorned by everyone,(M) despised(N) by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;(O)
they hurl insults,(P) shaking their heads.(Q)
8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
“let the Lord rescue him.(R)
Let him deliver him,(S)
since he delights(T) in him.”

9 Yet you brought me out of the womb;(U)
you made me trust(V) in you, even at my mother’s breast.
10 From birth(W) I was cast on you;
from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

11 Do not be far from me,(X)
for trouble is near(Y)
and there is no one to help.(Z)

12 Many bulls(AA) surround me;(AB)
strong bulls of Bashan(AC) encircle me.
13 Roaring lions(AD) that tear their prey(AE)
open their mouths wide(AF) against me.
14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.(AG)
My heart has turned to wax;(AH)
it has melted(AI) within me.
15 My mouth[d] is dried up like a potsherd,(AJ)
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;(AK)
you lay me in the dust(AL) of death.

16 Dogs(AM) surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce[e](AN) my hands and my feet.
17 All my bones are on display;
people stare(AO) and gloat over me.(AP)
18 They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots(AQ) for my garment.(AR)

19 But you, Lord, do not be far from me.(AS)
You are my strength;(AT) come quickly(AU) to help me.(AV)
20 Deliver me from the sword,(AW)
my precious life(AX) from the power of the dogs.(AY)
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;(AZ)
save me from the horns of the wild oxen.(BA)

22 I will declare your name to my people;
in the assembly(BB) I will praise you.(BC)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!(BD)
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!(BE)
Revere him,(BF) all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not despised(BG) or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;(BH)
he has not hidden his face(BI) from him
but has listened to his cry for help.(BJ)

25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;(BK)
before those who fear you[f] I will fulfill my vows.(BL)
26 The poor will eat(BM) and be satisfied;
those who seek the Lord will praise him—(BN)
may your hearts live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth(BO)
will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him,(BP)
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord(BQ)
and he rules over the nations.

29 All the rich(BR) of the earth will feast and worship;(BS)
all who go down to the dust(BT) will kneel before him—
those who cannot keep themselves alive.(BU)
30 Posterity(BV) will serve him;
future generations(BW) will be told about the Lord.
31 They will proclaim his righteousness,(BX)
declaring to a people yet unborn:(BY)
He has done it!(BZ)

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.
2. Psalm 22:2 Or night, and am not silent
3. Psalm 22:3 Or Yet you are holy, / enthroned on the praises of Israel
4. Psalm 22:15 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text strength
5. Psalm 22:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text me, / like a lion
6. Psalm 22:25 Hebrew him

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 22:1 : S Job 6:15; S Ps 9:10; Mt 27:46*; Mk 15:34*
2. Psalm 22:1 : Ps 10:1
3. Psalm 22:1 : S Job 3:24
4. Psalm 22:2 : S Job 19:7
5. Psalm 22:2 : Ps 42:3; 88:1
6. Psalm 22:3 : S 2Ki 19:22; Ps 71:22; S Mk 1:24
7. Psalm 22:3 : S Ex 15:2; Ps 148:14
8. Psalm 22:4 : Ps 78:53; 107:6
9. Psalm 22:5 : S 1Ch 5:20
10. Psalm 22:5 : Isa 8:17; 25:9; 26:3; 30:18
11. Psalm 22:5 : S 2Ch 13:18; Ps 25:3; 31:17; 71:1; Isa 49:23; Ro 9:33
12. Psalm 22:6 : S Job 4:19
13. Psalm 22:6 : S 2Sa 12:14; Ps 31:11; 64:8; 69:19; 109:25
14. Psalm 22:6 : Ps 119:141; Isa 49:7; 53:3; 60:14; Mal 2:9; Mt 16:21
15. Psalm 22:7 : S Job 17:2; Ps 35:16; 69:12; 74:18; Mt 27:41; Mk 15:31; Lk 23:36
16. Psalm 22:7 : Mt 27:39, 44; Mk 15:32; Lk 23:39
17. Psalm 22:7 : Mk 15:29
18. Psalm 22:8 : Ps 91:14
19. Psalm 22:8 : S Ps 3:2
20. Psalm 22:8 : S 2Sa 22:20; S Mt 3:17; 27:43
21. Psalm 22:9 : Job 10:18; Ps 71:6
22. Psalm 22:9 : Ps 78:7; Na 1:7
23. Psalm 22:10 : Ps 71:6; Isa 46:3; 49:1
24. Psalm 22:11 : ver 19; S Ps 10:1
25. Psalm 22:11 : S Ps 10:14
26. Psalm 22:11 : S 2Ki 14:26; S Isa 41:28
27. Psalm 22:12 : Ps 68:30
28. Psalm 22:12 : Ps 17:9; 27:6; 49:5; 109:3; 140:9
29. Psalm 22:12 : Dt 32:14; Isa 2:13; Eze 27:6; 39:18; Am 4:1
30. Psalm 22:13 : ver 21; Eze 22:25; Zep 3:3
31. Psalm 22:13 : S Ge 49:9
32. Psalm 22:13 : La 3:46
33. Psalm 22:14 : S Ps 6:2
34. Psalm 22:14 : Job 23:16; Ps 68:2; 97:5; Mic 1:4
35. Psalm 22:14 : Jos 7:5; Ps 107:26; Da 5:6
36. Psalm 22:15 : Isa 45:9
37. Psalm 22:15 : Ps 137:6; La 4:4; Eze 3:26; Jn 19:28
38. Psalm 22:15 : S Job 7:21; Ps 104:29
39. Psalm 22:16 : Php 3:2
40. Psalm 22:16 : Isa 51:9; 53:5; Zec 12:10; Jn 20:25
41. Psalm 22:17 : Lk 23:35
42. Psalm 22:17 : Ps 25:2; 30:1; 35:19; 38:16; La 2:17; Mic 7:8
43. Psalm 22:18 : S Lev 16:8; Mt 27:35*; Mk 15:24; Lk 23:34; Jn 19:24*
44. Psalm 22:18 : Mk 9:12
45. Psalm 22:19 : S ver 11
46. Psalm 22:19 : S Ps 18:1
47. Psalm 22:19 : Ps 38:22; 70:5; 141:1
48. Psalm 22:19 : Ps 40:13
49. Psalm 22:20 : S Job 5:20; Ps 37:14
50. Psalm 22:20 : Ps 35:17
51. Psalm 22:20 : Php 3:2
52. Psalm 22:21 : S ver 13; S Job 4:10
53. Psalm 22:21 : ver 12; S Nu 23:22
54. Psalm 22:22 : Ps 26:12; 40:9, 10; 68:26
55. Psalm 22:22 : Ps 35:18; Heb 2:12*
56. Psalm 22:23 : Ps 33:2; 66:8; 86:12; 103:1; 106:1; 113:1; 117:1; 135:19
57. Psalm 22:23 : Ps 50:15; Isa 24:15; 25:3; 49:23; 60:9; Jer 3:17
58. Psalm 22:23 : S Dt 14:23; Ps 33:8
59. Psalm 22:24 : Ps 102:17
60. Psalm 22:24 : S Ps 9:12
61. Psalm 22:24 : Ps 13:1; 27:9; 69:17; 102:2; 143:7
62. Psalm 22:24 : S Job 24:12; S 36:5; Heb 5:7
63. Psalm 22:25 : Ps 26:12; 35:18; 40:9; 82:1
64. Psalm 22:25 : S Nu 30:2
65. Psalm 22:26 : Ps 107:9
66. Psalm 22:26 : Ps 40:16
67. Psalm 22:27 : S Ps 2:8
68. Psalm 22:27 : Ps 86:9; 102:22; Da 7:27; Mic 4:1
69. Psalm 22:28 : Ps 47:7-8; Zec 14:9
70. Psalm 22:29 : Ps 45:12
71. Psalm 22:29 : Ps 95:6; 96:9; 99:5; Isa 27:13; 49:7; 66:23; Zec 14:16
72. Psalm 22:29 : Isa 26:19
73. Psalm 22:29 : Ps 89:48
74. Psalm 22:30 : Isa 53:10; 54:3; 61:9; 66:22
75. Psalm 22:30 : Ps 102:18
76. Psalm 22:31 : S Ps 5:8; 40:9
77. Psalm 22:31 : Ps 71:18; 78:6; 102:18
78. Psalm 22:31 : Lk 18:31; 24:44

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