Psalm 22:6-18

New International Reader's Version

⁶ Everyone treats me like a worm and not a man.
    They hate me and look down on me.
⁷ All those who see me laugh at me.
    They shout at me and make fun of me.
    They shake their heads at me.
⁸ They say, “He trusts in the Lord.
    Let the Lord help him.
If the Lord is pleased with him,
    let him save him.”

⁹ But you brought me out of my mother’s body.
    You made me trust in you
    even when I was at my mother’s breast.
¹⁰ From the time I was born, you took good care of me.
    Ever since I came out of my mother’s body, you have been my God.
¹¹ Don’t be far away from me.
    Trouble is near,
    and there is no one to help me.

¹² Many enemies are all around me.
    They are like strong bulls from the land of Bashan.
¹³ They are like roaring lions that tear to pieces what they kill.
    They open their mouths wide to attack me.
¹⁴ My strength is like water that is poured out on the ground.
    I feel as if my bones aren’t connected.
My heart has turned to wax.
    It has melted away inside me.
¹⁵ My mouth is dried up like a piece of broken pottery.
    My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
    You bring me down to the edge of the grave.
¹⁶ A group of sinful people has closed in on me.
    They are all around me like a pack of dogs.
    They have pierced my hands and my feet.
¹⁷ Everyone can see all my bones right through my skin.
    People stare at me. They laugh when I suffer.
¹⁸ They divide up my clothes among them.
    They cast lots for what I am wearing.