Psalm 22 - English Standard Version (ESV)

Why Have You Forsaken Me?

To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.

22 (A)My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so (B)far from saving me, from the words of my (C)groaning?
2 O my God, I cry by (D)day, but you do not answer,
and by night, but I find no rest.

3 Yet you are (E)holy,
(F)enthroned on (G)the praises[a] of Israel.
4 In you our fathers trusted;
they trusted, and you delivered them.
5 To you they (H)cried and were rescued;
in you they (I)trusted and were not put to shame.

6 But I am (J)a worm and not a man,
(K)scorned by mankind and (L)despised by the people.
7 All who see me (M)mock me;
they make mouths at me; they (N)wag their heads;
8 (O)“He trusts in the Lord; let him (P)deliver him;
let him rescue him, for he (Q)delights in him!”

9 Yet you are he who (R)took me from the womb;
you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
10 On you was I cast from my birth,
and from (S)my mother's womb you have been my God.
11 Be not (T)far from me,
for trouble is near,
and there is (U)none to help.

12 Many bulls encompass me;
(V)strong bulls of (W)Bashan surround me;
13 they (X)open wide their mouths at me,
like a ravening and roaring lion.

14 I am (Y)poured out like water,
and all my bones are (Z)out of joint;
my (AA)heart is like (AB)wax;
it is melted within my breast;
15 my strength is (AC)dried up like a potsherd,
and my (AD)tongue sticks to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust of death.

16 For (AE)dogs encompass me;
a company of evildoers (AF)encircles me;
they have (AG)pierced my hands and feet[b]—
17 I can count all my bones—
they (AH)stare and gloat over me;
18 (AI)they divide my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.

19 But you, O Lord, (AJ)do not be far off!
O you my help, (AK)come quickly to my aid!
20 Deliver my soul from the sword,
my precious life from the power of (AL)the dog!
21 Save me from (AM)the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued[c] me from the horns of (AN)the wild oxen!

22 (AO)I will tell of your name to my (AP)brothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
23 You who (AQ)fear the Lord, praise him!
All you offspring of Jacob, (AR)glorify him,
and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the affliction of (AS)the afflicted,
and he has not (AT)hidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he (AU)cried to him.

25 From you comes my praise in the great (AV)congregation;
my (AW)vows I will (AX)perform before those who fear him.
26 (AY)The afflicted[d] shall (AZ)eat and be satisfied;
those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
May your hearts (BA)live forever!

27 All (BB)the ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the Lord,
and all (BC)the families of the nations
shall worship before you.
28 For (BD)kingship belongs to the Lord,
and he rules over the nations.

29 All (BE)the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
before him shall (BF)bow all who go down to the dust,
even the one who could not (BG)keep himself alive.
30 Posterity shall serve him;
it shall be told of the Lord to the coming (BH)generation;
31 they shall (BI)come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet (BJ)unborn,
that he has done it.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:3 Or dwelling in the praises
  2. Psalm 22:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts like a lion [they are at] my hands and feet
  3. Psalm 22:21 Hebrew answered
  4. Psalm 22:26 Or The meek

Cross references

  1. Psalm 22:1 : Cited Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34
  2. Psalm 22:1 : ver. 11
  3. Psalm 22:1 : Ps. 32:3; 38:8; Job 3:24; Isa. 59:11; [Heb. 5:7]
  4. Psalm 22:2 : Ps. 88:1
  5. Psalm 22:3 : Lev. 19:2
  6. Psalm 22:3 : [Ps. 80:1; 99:1]
  7. Psalm 22:3 : [Ps. 9:11, 14; 65:1; 102:21; 147:12]
  8. Psalm 22:5 : See Judg. 3:9
  9. Psalm 22:5 : Ps. 25:2; 31:1; 71:1; Isa. 49:23; Rom. 9:33
  10. Psalm 22:6 : Job 25:6; Isa. 41:14
  11. Psalm 22:6 : Ps. 69:19; 109:25
  12. Psalm 22:6 : Isa. 49:7; 53:3
  13. Psalm 22:7 : See Matt. 27:39-43; Mark 15:29-32; Luke 23:35, 36
  14. Psalm 22:7 : Ps. 109:25; [Ps. 44:14; 2 Kgs. 19:21; Isa. 37:22; Lam. 2:15]
  15. Psalm 22:8 : [Ps. 37:5; Prov. 16:3]
  16. Psalm 22:8 : Ps. 91:14
  17. Psalm 22:8 : Ps. 18:19; Matt. 3:17; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22
  18. Psalm 22:9 : Ps. 71:6
  19. Psalm 22:10 : Isa. 46:3; 49:1; Gal. 1:15
  20. Psalm 22:11 : See ver. 1; Ps. 10:1
  21. Psalm 22:11 : Ps. 107:12; 2 Kgs. 14:26; Isa. 63:5
  22. Psalm 22:12 : [Ps. 68:30 (Heb.)]
  23. Psalm 22:12 : Amos 4:1
  24. Psalm 22:13 : Ps. 35:21; Job 16:10; Lam. 2:16; 3:46
  25. Psalm 22:14 : [Lam. 2:11]
  26. Psalm 22:14 : [Dan. 5:6]
  27. Psalm 22:14 : [Job 23:16; Nah. 2:10]; See Josh. 2:11
  28. Psalm 22:14 : See Ps. 68:2
  29. Psalm 22:15 : Prov. 17:22
  30. Psalm 22:15 : [John 19:28; See Job 29:10]
  31. Psalm 22:16 : [Phil. 3:2; Rev. 22:15]
  32. Psalm 22:16 : Ps. 88:17
  33. Psalm 22:16 : Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:33; 24:40; John 19:23, 37; 20:25; [Zech. 12:10]
  34. Psalm 22:17 : Luke 23:35
  35. Psalm 22:18 : Cited John 19:24; [Matt. 27:35; Luke 23:34]
  36. Psalm 22:19 : [See ver. 11 above]; See ver. 1; Ps. 10:1
  37. Psalm 22:19 : Ps. 38:22
  38. Psalm 22:20 : [Phil. 3:2; Rev. 22:15]
  39. Psalm 22:21 : 2 Tim. 4:17
  40. Psalm 22:21 : See Num. 23:22
  41. Psalm 22:22 : Cited Heb. 2:12; [Ps. 102:21; John 17:6]
  42. Psalm 22:22 : Matt. 28:10; John 20:17; Rom. 8:29
  43. Psalm 22:23 : Ps. 135:20
  44. Psalm 22:23 : Ps. 50:15, 23
  45. Psalm 22:24 : [Isa. 53:4, 7]
  46. Psalm 22:24 : Ps. 10:1; 13:1; See Job 13:24
  47. Psalm 22:24 : Heb. 5:7
  48. Psalm 22:25 : Ps. 35:18; 40:9, 10; 111:1
  49. Psalm 22:25 : Lev. 7:16
  50. Psalm 22:25 : Ps. 66:13; Jonah 2:9; See Ps. 50:14
  51. Psalm 22:26 : Ps. 69:32
  52. Psalm 22:26 : Isa. 25:6; 65:13
  53. Psalm 22:26 : John 6:51
  54. Psalm 22:27 : Ps. 2:8; 67:7
  55. Psalm 22:27 : Ps. 96:7
  56. Psalm 22:28 : Obad. 21; [Ps. 47:8; Zech. 14:9]
  57. Psalm 22:29 : [Ps. 45:12]
  58. Psalm 22:29 : Ps. 72:9; [Phil. 2:10]
  59. Psalm 22:29 : Ezek. 18:27
  60. Psalm 22:30 : Ps. 48:13; 71:18
  61. Psalm 22:31 : Ps. 86:9; [Isa. 60:3]
  62. Psalm 22:31 : Ps. 78:6; 102:18

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