Psalm 22:1

New International Version

Psalm 22^[a]

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

¹My 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)

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Footnotes

Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.

Psalm 22:1 in all English translations

Psalm 22:7-8

New International Version

⁷All who see me mock me;^(A)
    they hurl insults,^(B) shaking their heads.^(C)
⁸“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.^(D)
Let him deliver him,^(E)
    since he delights^(F) in him.”

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Psalm 22:14-18

New International Version

¹⁴I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.^(A)
My heart has turned to wax;^(B)
    it has melted^(C) within me.
¹⁵My mouth^[a] is dried up like a potsherd,^(D)
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;^(E)
    you lay me in the dust^(F) of death.

¹⁶Dogs^(G) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce^[b]^(H) my hands and my feet.
¹⁷All my bones are on display;
    people stare^(I) and gloat over me.^(J)
¹⁸They divide my clothes among them
    and cast lots^(K) for my garment.^(L)

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Footnotes

Psalm 22:15 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text strength
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