Mga Awit 22
Magandang Balita Biblia
Panambitan at Awit ng Papuri
Katha ni David upang awitin ng Punong Mang-aawit: ayon sa tono ng “Isang Usa sa Bukang-Liwayway”.
22 O(A) Diyos ko! Diyos ko! Bakit mo ako pinabayaan?
Sumisigaw ako ng saklolo, ngunit bakit di mo ako tinutulungan?
2 Araw-gabi'y tumatawag ako sa iyo, O Diyos,
di ako mapanatag, di ka man lang sumasagot.
3 Ngunit ikaw ang Banal na pinaparangalan,
at sa Israel ikaw ay pinapupurihan.
4 Ang mga ninuno nami'y nagtiwala sa iyo,
sa iyo umasa kaya sila'y iniligtas mo.
5 Tumawag sila sa iyo at sa panganib ay nakawala,
nagtiwala sila sa iyo at di naman sila napahiya.
6 Ngunit ako'y parang uod at hindi na isang tao,
hinahamak at pinagtatawanan ng kahit na sino!
7 Pinagtatawanan(B) ako ng bawat makakita sa akin,
inilalabas ang kanilang dila at sila'y pailing-iling.
8 Sabi(C) nila, “Nagtiwala siya kay Yahweh; hayaang iligtas siya nito.
Kung talagang mahal siya nito,
darating ang kanyang saklolo!”
9 Noong ako ay iluwal, ikaw, O Diyos, ang patnubay,
magmula sa pagkabata, ako'y iyong iningatan.
10 Mula nang ako'y isilang, sa iyo na umaasa,
mula nang ipanganak, ikaw lang ang Diyos na kilala.
11 Huwag mo akong lilisanin, huwag mo akong iiwanan,
pagkat walang sasaklolo sa papalapit na kapahamakan.
12 Akala mo'y mga toro, ang nakapaligid na kalaban,
mababangis na hayop na galing pa sa Bashan.
13 Bibig nila'y nakabuka, parang mga leong gutom,
umuungal at sa aki'y nakahandang lumamon.
14 Parang natapong tubig, nawalan ako ng lakas,
ang mga buto ko'y parang nagkalinsad-linsad;
pinagharian ang dibdib ko ng matinding takot,
parang kandila ang puso ko, natutunaw, nauubos!
15 Itong aking lalamuna'y tuyong abo ang kagaya,
ang dila ko'y dumidikit sa aking ngalangala,
sa alabok, iniwan mo ako na halos patay na.
16 Isang pangkat ng salarin, sa aki'y nakapaligid,
para akong nasa gitna ng mga asong ganid;
mga kamay at paa ko'y kanilang pinupunit.
17 Kitang-kita ang lahat ng aking mga buto,
tinitingnan at nilalait ng mga kaaway ko.
18 Mga(D) damit ko'y kanilang pinagsugalan,
at mga saplot ko'y pinaghati-hatian.
19 O Yahweh, huwag mo sana akong layuan!
Ako ay tulungan at agad na saklolohan!
20 Iligtas mo ako sa talim ng tabak,
at sa mga asong sa aki'y gustong kumagat.
21 Sa bibig ng mga leon ako'y iyong hanguin,
sa sungay ng mga toro ako ay iyong sagipin.
O Yahweh, panalangin ko sana'y dinggin.
22 Mga(E) ginawa mo'y ihahayag ko sa aking mga kababayan,
sa gitna ng kapulungan ika'y papupurihan.
23 Kayong lingkod ni Yahweh, siya'y inyong purihin!
Kayong lahi ni Jacob, siya'y inyong dakilain,
bayan ng Israel, luwalhatiin siya't sambahin!
24 Mga dukha'y di niya pinababayaan at hinahamak,
hindi siya umiiwas sa humihingi ng paglingap;
sinasagot niya agad ang mga kapus-palad.
25 Ginawa mo'y pupurihin sa dakilang kapulungan,
sa harap ng masunurin, mga lingkod mong hinirang,
ang panata kong handog ay doon ko iaalay.
26 Ang naghihikahos ay sasagana sa pagkain,
mga lumalapit kay Yahweh, siya'y pupurihin.
Maging sagana nawa sila at laging pagpalain!
27 Mga bansa sa lupa'y kay Yahweh magsisibaling,
lahat ng mga lahi'y maaalala siya't sasambahin.
28 Kay Yahweh nauukol ang pamamahala,
naghahari siya sa lahat ng mga bansa.
29 Magsisiluhod lahat ang palalo't mayayabang,
yuyuko sa harap niya, mga taong hahatulan.
30 Mga susunod na salinlahi'y maglilingkod sa kanya,
ang tungkol sa Panginoon ay ipahahayag nila.
31 Maging ang mga di pa isinisilang ay babalitaan,
“Iniligtas ni Yahweh ang kanyang bayan.”
Psalm 22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Psalm 22[a]
The Prayer of an Innocent Person
1 For the leader; according to “The deer of the dawn.”[b] A psalm of David.
I
2 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Why so far from my call for help,
from my cries of anguish?(A)
3 My God, I call by day, but you do not answer;
by night, but I have no relief.(B)
4 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the glory of Israel.(C)
5 In you our fathers trusted;
they trusted and you rescued them.
6 To you they cried out and they escaped;
in you they trusted and were not disappointed.(D)
7 [c]But I am a worm, not a man,
scorned by men, despised by the people.(E)
8 All who see me mock me;
they curl their lips and jeer;
they shake their heads at me:(F)
9 “He relied on the Lord—let him deliver him;
if he loves him, let him rescue him.”(G)
10 For you drew me forth from the womb,
made me safe at my mother’s breasts.
11 Upon you I was thrust from the womb;
since my mother bore me you are my God.(H)
12 Do not stay far from me,
for trouble is near,
and there is no one to help.(I)
II
13 Many bulls[d] surround me;
fierce bulls of Bashan encircle me.
14 They open their mouths against me,
lions that rend and roar.(J)
15 Like water my life drains away;
all my bones are disjointed.
My heart has become like wax,
it melts away within me.
16 As dry as a potsherd is my throat;
my tongue cleaves to my palate;
you lay me in the dust of death.[e]
17 Dogs surround me;
a pack of evildoers closes in on me.
They have pierced my hands and my feet
18 I can count all my bones.(K)
They stare at me and gloat;
19 they divide my garments among them;
for my clothing they cast lots.(L)
20 But you, Lord, do not stay far off;
my strength, come quickly to help me.
21 Deliver my soul from the sword,
my life from the grip of the dog.
22 Save me from the lion’s mouth,
my poor life from the horns of wild bulls.(M)
III
23 Then I will proclaim your name to my brethren;
in the assembly I will praise you:[f](N)
24 “You who fear the Lord, give praise!
All descendants of Jacob, give honor;
show reverence, all descendants of Israel!
25 For he has not spurned or disdained
the misery of this poor wretch,
Did not turn away[g] from me,
but heard me when I cried out.
26 I will offer praise in the great assembly;
my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.
27 The poor[h] will eat their fill;
those who seek the Lord will offer praise.
May your hearts enjoy life forever!”(O)
IV
28 All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to the Lord;
All the families of nations
will bow low before him.(P)
29 For kingship belongs to the Lord,
the ruler over the nations.(Q)
30 [i]All who sleep in the earth
will bow low before God;
All who have gone down into the dust
will kneel in homage.
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.(R)
Footnotes
- Psalm 22 A lament unusual in structure and in intensity of feeling. The psalmist’s present distress is contrasted with God’s past mercy in Ps 22:2–12. In Ps 22:13–22 enemies surround the psalmist. The last third is an invitation to praise God (Ps 22:23–27), becoming a universal chorus of praise (Ps 22:28–31). The Psalm is important in the New Testament. Its opening words occur on the lips of the crucified Jesus (Mk 15:34; Mt 27:46), and several other verses are quoted, or at least alluded to, in the accounts of Jesus’ passion (Mt 27:35, 43; Jn 19:24).
- 22:1 The deer of the dawn: apparently the title of the melody.
- 22:7 I am a worm, not a man: the psalmist’s sense of isolation and dehumanization, an important motif of Ps 22, is vividly portrayed here.
- 22:13–14 Bulls: the enemies of the psalmist are also portrayed in less-than-human form, as wild animals (cf. Ps 22:17, 21–22). Bashan: a grazing land northeast of the Sea of Galilee, famed for its cattle, cf. Dt 32:14; Ez 39:18; Am 4:1.
- 22:16 The dust of death: the netherworld, the domain of the dead.
- 22:23 In the assembly I will praise you: the person who offered a thanksgiving sacrifice in the Temple recounted to the other worshipers the favor received from God and invited them to share in the sacrificial banquet. The final section (Ps 22:24–32) may be a summary or a citation of the psalmist’s poem of praise.
- 22:25 Turn away: lit., “hides his face from me,” an important metaphor for God withdrawing from someone, e.g., Mi 3:4; Is 8:17; Ps 27:9; 69:18; 88:15.
- 22:27 The poor: originally the poor, who were dependent on God; the term (‘anawim) came to include the religious sense of “humble, pious, devout.”
- 22:30 Hebrew unclear. The translation assumes that all on earth (Ps 22:27–28) and under the earth (Ps 22:29) will worship God.
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