The Book of Psalms

⭑ King James Version 1769 including Apocrypha ⭑

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- Chapter 22 -

The Psalm of the Cross

(Matthew 27:32-56; Mark 15:21-41; Luke 23:26-43; John 19:16-30)

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?(a)

(b)

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.(c)

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,(d)

He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.(e)

(f)

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.(g)

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.(h)

Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.(i)

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.(j)

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

But be not thou far from me, O Lord : O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.(k)

(l)

Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

Ye that fear the Lord , praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord : and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

For the kingdom is the Lord’s : and he is the governor among the nations.

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Footnotes

(a)22:1 Aijeleth…: or, the hind of the morning

(b)22:1 helping…: Heb. my salvation

(d)22:7 shoot…: Heb. open

(e)22:8 He trusted…: Heb. He rolled himself on

(f)22:8 seeing…: or, if he delight in

(g)22:9 didst…: or, kept me in safety

(h)22:11 none…: Heb. not a helper

(i)22:13 gaped…: Heb. opened their mouths against me

(j)22:14 out of…: or, sundered

(k)22:20 my darling: Heb. my only one

(l)22:20 power: Heb. hand