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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Psalm 22 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/psalms/22.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/22.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> > Psalm 22</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/21.htm" title="Psalm 21">◄</a> Psalm 22 <a href="../psalms/23.htm" title="Psalm 23">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>For the Leader; upon Aijeleth ha-Shahar. A Psalm of David.<p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me,</div><div class="po2">And art far from my help at the words of my cry?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>O my God, I call by day, but Thou answerest not;</div><div class="po2">And at night, and there is no surcease for me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Yet Thou art holy,</div><div class="po2">O Thou that art enthroned upon the praises of Israel.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In Thee did our fathers trust;</div><div class="po2">They trusted, and Thou didst deliver them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Unto Thee they cried, and escaped;</div><div class="po2">In Thee did they trust, and were not ashamed.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But I am a worm, and no man;</div><div class="po2">A reproach of men, and despised of the people.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All they that see me laugh me to scorn;</div><div class="po2">They shoot out the lip, they shake the head:</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>‘Let him commit himself unto the LORD! let Him rescue him;</div><div class="po2">Let Him deliver him, seeing He delighteth in him.’</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For Thou art He that took me out of the womb;</div><div class="po2">Thou madest me trust when I was upon my mother’s breasts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Upon Thee I have been cast from my birth;</div><div class="po2">Thou art my God from my mother’s womb.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Be not far from me; for trouble is near;</div><div class="po2">For there is none to help.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Many bulls have encompassed me;</div><div class="po2">Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They open wide their mouth against me,</div><div class="po2">As a ravening and a roaring lion.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I am poured out like water,</div><div class="po2">And all my bones are out of joint;</div><div class="po2">My heart is become like wax;</div><div class="po2">It is melted in mine inmost parts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>My strength is dried up like a potsherd;</div><div class="po2">And my tongue cleaveth to my throat;</div><div class="po2">And Thou layest me in the dust of death.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-16.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For dogs have encompassed me;</div><div class="po2">A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;</div><div class="po2">Like a lion, they are at my hands and my feet.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-17.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I may count all my bones;</div><div class="po2">They look and gloat over me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-18.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They part my garments among them,</div><div class="po2">And for my vesture do they cast lots.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-19.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But Thou, O LORD, be not far off;</div><div class="po2">O Thou my strength, hasten to help me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-20.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Deliver my soul from the sword;</div><div class="po2">Mine only one from the power of the dog.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-21.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Save me from the lion’s mouth;</div><div class="po2">Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen do Thou answer me.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-22.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I will declare Thy name unto my brethren;</div><div class="po2">In the midst of the congregation will I praise Thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-23.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>‘Ye that fear the LORD, praise Him;</div><div class="po2">All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify Him;</div><div class="po2">And stand in awe of Him, all ye the seed of Israel.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-24.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For He hath not despised nor abhorred the lowliness of the poor;</div><div class="po2">Neither hath He hid His face from him;</div><div class="po2">But when he cried unto Him, He heard.’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-25.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>From Thee cometh my praise in the great congregation;</div><div class="po2">I will pay my vows before them that fear Him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-26.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Let the humble eat and be satisfied;</div><div class="po2">Let them praise the LORD that seek after Him; May your heart be quickened for ever!</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-27.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD;</div><div class="po2">And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-28.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For the kingdom is the LORD’S;</div><div class="po2">And He is the ruler over the nations.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-29.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship;</div><div class="po2">All they that go down to the dust shall kneel before Him,</div><div class="po2">Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-30.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>A seed shall serve him;</div><div class="po2">It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-31.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>They shall come and shall declare His righteousness</div><div class="po2">Unto a people that shall be born, that He hath done it.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/psalms/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /> <table align="center" width="90%" style="max-width:900px"><tr><td> <div id="rcjsload_a957f3"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); 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