New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures — With References (Rbi8, en_US, 1984)

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Psalms, 22

To the director upon the Hind*1 of the Dawn. A melody of David.

1 My God, my God, why have you left me?*1 [Why are you] far from saving me, [From] the words of my roaring?*2

  1. “My God, my God, why have you left me?” Heb., ʼE·liʹ, ʼE·liʹ, la·mahʹ ʽazav·taʹni?; Syr., ʼA·lahi ʼA·lahi lema·naʼ sebaq·tani? Compare Mt 27:46; Mr 15:34.

  2. “Far from my salvation are the words of my trespasses,” LXXVg.

2 O my God,*1 I keep calling by day, and you do not answer; And by night, and there is no silence on my part.

  1. “My God.” Heb., ʼElo·haiʹ, pl.

3 But you are holy, Inhabiting the praises of Israel.

4 In you our fathers trusted; They trusted, and you kept providing them with escape.

5 To you they cried out, and they got away safe; In you they trusted, and they did not come to shame.

6 But I am a worm, and not a man,*1 A reproach to men*2 and despicable to the people.

  1. “Man.” Heb., ʼish.

  2. Lit., “earthling man,” used collectively. Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.

7 As for all those seeing me, they hold me in derision; They keep opening their mouths wide,*1 they keep wagging [their] head:

  1. Lit., “they make a separation with the lip.” Or, “they draw their mouth.”

8 “He committed himself*1 to Jehovah. Let Him provide him with escape! Let him deliver him, since he has taken delight in him!”

  1. Or, “Commit [yourself],” M; LXXVg, “He hoped.”

9 For you were the One drawing me forth from the belly, The One making me trust while upon the breasts of my mother.

10 Upon you I have been thrown from the womb; From the belly of my mother you have been my God.*1

  1. “My God.” Heb., ʼEʹli.

11 Do not keep far off from me, because distress is nearby, Because there is no other helper.

12 Many young bulls have surrounded me; The powerful ones of Baʹshan themselves have got around me.

13 They have opened against me their mouth, As a lion tearing in pieces and roaring.

14 Like water I have been poured out, And all my bones have been separated from one another. My heart has become like wax; It has melted deep in my inward parts.

15 My power*1 has dried up just like a fragment of earthenware, And my tongue is made to stick to my gums;*2 And in the dust of death you are setting me.

  1. “Palate,” by transposing two Heb. letters in M.

  2. Or, “jaws.”

16 For dogs have surrounded me; The assembly of evildoers themselves have enclosed me. Like a lion [they are at] my hands and my feet.*1

  1. “Like the lion​—⁠my hands and (my) feet,” M; T, “Biting like a lion my hands and my feet”; LXXVg, “They bored (dug through) my hands and my feet.”

17 I can count all my bones. They themselves look, they gaze upon me.

18 They apportion my garments among themselves, And upon my clothing they cast lots.

19 But you, O Jehovah, O do not keep far off. O you my strength, do make haste to my assistance.

20 Do deliver from the sword my soul, My only one*1 from the very paw of the dog;

  1. “My only one,” fem., referring to “my soul.”

21 Save me from the mouth of the lion, And from the horns of wild bulls you must answer [and save] me.

22 I will declare your name to my brothers; In the middle of the congregation*1 I shall praise you.

  1. “Congregation.” Heb., qa·halʹ; Gr., ek·kle·siʹas; Lat., ec·cleʹsi·a.

23 YOU fearers of Jehovah, praise him! All YOU the seed of Jacob, glorify him! And be frightened at him, all YOU the seed of Israel.

24 For he has neither despised Nor loathed the affliction of the afflicted one; And he has not concealed his face from him, And when he cried to him for help he heard.

25 From you my praise will be in the large congregation; My vows I shall pay in front of those fearing him.

26 The meek ones will eat and be satisfied; Those seeking him will praise Jehovah. May YOUR hearts*1 live forever.

  1. Lit., “heart.”

27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn back to Jehovah. And all the families of the nations will bow down before you.

28 For the kingship belongs to Jehovah, And he is dominating the nations.

29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and will bow down; Before him all those going down to the dust will bend down, And no one will ever preserve his own soul*1 alive.

  1. “And . . . his own soul.” Heb., wenaph·shohʹ. See App 4A.

30 A seed*1 itself will serve him; It will be declared concerning Jehovah*2 to the generation.

  1. Or, “offspring.”

  2. One of 134 scrib­al changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.

31 They will come and tell of his righteousness To the people that is to be born, that he*1 has done [this].

  1. “He,” MT; LXXSyVg, “Jehovah.”