Psalm 22:2-21

New International Version

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

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

⁹ Yet you brought me out of the womb;^(R)
    you made me trust^(S) in you, even at my mother’s breast.
¹⁰ From birth^(T) I was cast on you;
    from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

¹¹ Do not be far from me,^(U)
    for trouble is near^(V)
    and there is no one to help.^(W)

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

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

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