Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Psalms chapter 22

My , my God, why have you me? Why are you so far from rescuing me, so far from the words of my ?My God, I cry out by day, but you don’t answer. By night I call, but I find no .Yet , on the praises of .In you our ancestors put their trust; they , and you .They cried out to you and were . They trusted in you and were never .But I am a , not even human — ridiculed by everyone, by the people.Everyone who sees me me; they sneer, they :“He — let Yahweh rescue him! Let God pull him free, since he takes such in him!”Yet you are the one who , who kept me safe at my mother’s breast.I was from birth; from my mother’s womb, you have been my God.Don’t be far from me — is close, and there is no one else to help.Many surround me; strong bulls of close in on me.They open their mouths wide against me — , roaring and tearing.I am like water, and all my bones are pulled apart. My has become like wax — it melts inside me.My is dried up like broken pottery, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the . surround me; a closes in. They my hands and my feet.I can . They stare at me and gloat.They among themselves and for what I’m wearing.But you, — don’t be far away. My , come quickly to help me. my life from the sword, my from the jaws of the dogs. me from the lion’s mouth! From the horns of — you have .I will declare your to ; in the middle of the , I will praise you:You who of — praise him! All you descendants of — honor him! Stand in wonder before him, all you descendants of Israel!For he has not despised or been disgusted by the suffering of the . He has not from him — when he cried out, he listened.Because of you, my praise rises in the . I will fulfill my before those who stand in awe of him.The will eat and be satisfied. Those who seek Yahweh will praise him — may your !All the ends of the earth will and to Yahweh. All the families of the nations will before you.For belongs to Yahweh; he rules over the nations.All the of the earth will feast and bow down. All who will kneel before him — even those who cannot keep themselves alive. will him; the coming generation will be told about Yahweh.They will come and declare his to a : .