Psalm 22:1-5

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)
²My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,^(D)
    by night,^(E) but I find no rest.^[b]

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

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Footnotes

Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.
Psalm 22:2 Or night, and am not silent
Psalm 22:3 Or Yet you are holy, / enthroned on the praises of Israel

Psalm 22:19-31

New International Version

¹⁹But you, Lord, do not be far from me.^(A)
    You are my strength;^(B) come quickly^(C) to help me.^(D)
²⁰Deliver me from the sword,^(E)
    my precious life^(F) from the power of the dogs.^(G)
²¹Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;^(H)
    save me from the horns of the wild oxen.^(I)

²²I will declare your name to my people;
    in the assembly^(J) I will praise you.^(K)
²³You who fear the Lord, praise him!^(L)
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!^(M)
    Revere him,^(N) all you descendants of Israel!
²⁴For he has not despised^(O) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;^(P)
he has not hidden his face^(Q) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.^(R)

²⁵From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;^(S)
    before those who fear you^[a] I will fulfill my vows.^(T)
²⁶The poor will eat^(U) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—^(V)
    may your hearts live forever!

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

²⁹All the rich^(Z) of the earth will feast and worship;^(AA)
    all who go down to the dust^(AB) will kneel before him—
    those who cannot keep themselves alive.^(AC)
³⁰Posterity^(AD) will serve him;
    future generations^(AE) will be told about the Lord.
³¹They will proclaim his righteousness,^(AF)
    declaring to a people yet unborn:^(AG)
    He has done it!^(AH)