Psalm 22:12-31

English Standard Version

¹² Many bulls encompass me;
    ^(A)strong bulls of ^(B)Bashan surround me;
¹³ they ^(C)open wide their mouths at me,
    like a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴ I am ^(D)poured out like water,
    and all my bones are ^(E)out of joint;
my ^(F)heart is like ^(G)wax;
    it is melted within my breast;
¹⁵ my strength is ^(H)dried up like a potsherd,
    and my ^(I)tongue sticks to my jaws;
    you lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶ For ^(J)dogs encompass me;
    a company of evildoers ^(K)encircles me;
they have ^(L)pierced my hands and feet^[a]—
¹⁷ I can count all my bones—
they ^(M)stare and gloat over me;
^18 (N)they divide my garments among them,
    and for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹ But you, O Lord, ^(O)do not be far off!
    O you my help, ^(P)come quickly to my aid!
²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword,
    my precious life from the power of ^(Q)the dog!
²¹     Save me from ^(R)the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued^[b] me from the horns of ^(S)the wild oxen!

^22 (T)I will tell of your name to my ^(U)brothers;
    in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
²³ You who ^(V)fear the Lord, praise him!
    All you offspring of Jacob, ^(W)glorify him,
    and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised or abhorred
    the affliction of ^(X)the afflicted,
and he has not ^(Y)hidden his face from him,
    but has heard, when he ^(Z)cried to him.

²⁵ From you comes my praise in the great ^(AA)congregation;
    my ^(AB)vows I will ^(AC)perform before those who fear him.
^26 (AD)The afflicted^[c] shall ^(AE)eat and be satisfied;
    those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
    May your hearts ^(AF)live forever!

²⁷ All ^(AG)the ends of the earth shall remember
    and turn to the Lord,
and all ^(AH)the families of the nations
    shall worship before you.
²⁸ For ^(AI)kingship belongs to the Lord,
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹ All ^(AJ)the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
    before him shall ^(AK)bow all who go down to the dust,
    even the one who could not ^(AL)keep himself alive.
³⁰ Posterity shall serve him;
    it shall be told of the Lord to the coming ^(AM)generation;
³¹ they shall ^(AN)come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet ^(AO)unborn,
    that he has done it.