Psalm 22 New King James Version

The Suffering, Praise, and Posterity of the Messiah

To the Chief Musician. Set to ^[a]“The Deer of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David.

22 My ^(A)God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Why are You so far from helping Me,
And from the words of My groaning?
²O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear;
And in the night season, and am not silent.

³But You are holy,
Enthroned in the ^(B)praises of Israel.
⁴Our fathers trusted in You;
They trusted, and You delivered them.
⁵They cried to You, and were delivered;
^(C)They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.

⁶But I am ^(D)a worm, and no man;
^(E)A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
⁷^(F)All those who see Me ridicule Me;
They ^[b]shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
⁸“He^(G) ^[c]trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him;
^(H)Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”

⁹^(I)But You are He who took Me out of the womb;
You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts.
¹⁰I was cast upon You from birth.
From My mother’s womb
^(J)You have been My God.
¹¹Be not far from Me,
For trouble is near;
For there is none to help.

¹²^(K)Many bulls have surrounded Me;
Strong bulls of ^(L)Bashan have encircled Me.
¹³^(M)They ^[d]gape at Me with their mouths,
Like a raging and roaring lion.

¹⁴I am poured out like water,
^(N)And all My bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It has melted ^[e]within Me.
¹⁵^(O)My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And ^(P)My tongue clings to My jaws;
You have brought Me to the dust of death.

¹⁶For dogs have surrounded Me;
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
^(Q)They^[f] pierced My hands and My feet;
¹⁷I can count all My bones.
^(R)They look and stare at Me.
¹⁸^(S)They divide My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹But You, O Lord, do not be far from Me;
O My Strength, hasten to help Me!
²⁰Deliver Me from the sword,
^(T)My^[g] precious life from the power of the dog.
²¹^(U)Save Me from the lion’s mouth
And from the horns of the wild oxen!

^(V)You have answered Me.

²²^(W)I will declare Your name to ^(X)My brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
²³^(Y)You who fear the Lord, praise Him!
All you ^[h]descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!
²⁴For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from Him;
But ^(Z)when He cried to Him, He heard.

²⁵^(AA)My praise shall be of You in the great assembly;
^(AB)I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.
²⁶The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever!

²⁷All the ends of the world
Shall remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the ^[i]nations
Shall worship before ^[j]You.
²⁸^(AC)For the kingdom is the Lord’s,
And He rules over the nations.

²⁹^(AD)All the prosperous of the earth
Shall eat and worship;
^(AE)All those who go down to ^[k]the dust
Shall bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep himself alive.

³⁰A posterity shall serve Him.
It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
³¹They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born,
That He has done this.

Footnotes

Psalm 22:1 Heb. Aijeleth Hashahar
Psalm 22:7 Show contempt with their mouth
Psalm 22:8 LXX, Syr., Vg. hoped; Tg. praised
Psalm 22:13 Lit. have opened their mouths at Me
Psalm 22:14 Lit. in the midst of My bowels
Psalm 22:16 So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg.; MT Like a lion instead of They pierced
Psalm 22:20 Lit. My only one
Psalm 22:23 Lit. seed
Psalm 22:27 Gentiles
Psalm 22:27 So with MT, LXX, Tg.; Arab., Syr., Vg. Him
Psalm 22:29 Death