CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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"><title>Psalm 22</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="/bmc//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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/psalms/">Psalm</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/psalms/22.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/22.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/22.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/22.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/psalms/22.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/22.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/psalms/22.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Psalm of the Cross<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/27.htm#32">Matthew 27:32–56</a>; <a href ="../mark/15.htm#21">Mark 15:21–41</a>; <a href ="../luke/23.htm#26">Luke 23:26–43</a>; <a href ="../john/19.htm#16">John 19:16–30</a>)</span><p class="pshdg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span>My God, my God, <p class="indent2"> why have You forsaken me?<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent1"> Why are You so far from saving me, <p class="indent2"> so far from my words of groaning? <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I cry out by day, O my God, <p class="indent2"> but You do not answer, <p class="indent1"> and by night, <p class="indent2"> but I have no rest. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Yet You are holy, <p class="indent2"> enthroned on the praises of Israel. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>In You our fathers trusted; <p class="indent2"> they trusted and You delivered them. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They cried out to You and were set free; <p class="indent2"> they trusted in You and were not disappointed. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But I am a worm and not a man, <p class="indent2"> scorned by men and despised by the people. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>All who see me mock me; <p class="indent2"> they sneer and shake their heads: <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“He trusts in the LORD, <p class="indent2"> let the LORD deliver him; <p class="indent1"> let the LORD rescue him, <p class="indent2"> since He delights in him.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Yet You brought me forth from the womb; <p class="indent2"> You made me secure at my mother’s breast. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>From birth I was cast upon You; <p class="indent2"> from my mother’s womb You have been my God. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Be not far from me, <p class="indent2"> for trouble is near <p class="indent2"> and there is no one to help. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Many bulls surround me; <p class="indent2"> strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They open their jaws against me <p class="indent2"> like lions that roar and maul. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I am poured out like water, <p class="indent2"> and all my bones are disjointed. <p class="indent1"> My heart is like wax; <p class="indent2"> it melts away within me. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My strength<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> is dried up like a potsherd, <p class="indent2"> and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. <p class="indent2"> You lay me in the dust of death. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For dogs surround me; <p class="indent2"> a band of evil men encircles me; <p class="indent2"> they have pierced my hands and feet.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I can count all my bones; <p class="indent2"> they stare and gloat over me. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They divide my garments among them <p class="indent2"> and cast lots for my clothing.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But You, O LORD, be not far off; <p class="indent2"> O my Strength, come quickly to help me. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Deliver my soul from the sword, <p class="indent2"> my precious life from the power of wild dogs. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Save me from the mouth of the lion; <p class="indent2"> at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me! <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; <p class="indent2"> I will praise You in the assembly.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>You who fear the LORD, praise Him! <p class="indent2"> All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! <p class="indent2"> All offspring of Israel, revere Him! <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For He has not despised or detested <p class="indent2"> the torment of the afflicted. <p class="indent1"> He has not hidden His face from him, <p class="indent2"> but has attended to his cry for help. <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; <p class="indent2"> I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You. <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The poor will eat and be satisfied; <p class="indent2"> those who seek the LORD will praise Him. <p class="indent2"> May your hearts live forever! <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>All the ends of the earth <p class="indent2"> will remember and turn to the LORD. <p class="indent1"> All the families of the nations <p class="indent2"> will bow down before Him. <A name="29"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For dominion belongs to the LORD <p class="indent2"> and He rules over the nations. <A name="30"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; <p class="indent2"> all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—<p class="indent2"> even those unable to preserve their lives. <A name="31"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Posterity will serve Him; <p class="indent2"> they will declare the Lord to a new generation. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>They will come and proclaim His righteousness <p class="indent2"> to a people yet unborn—<p class="indent2"> all that He has done.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Cited in <a href="../matthew/27.htm#46">Matthew 27:46</a> and <a href="../mark/15.htm#34">Mark 15:34</a><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Cited in <a href="../matthew/27.htm#43">Matthew 27:43</a><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> MT; or <i>My mouth</i><span class="thin"> </span>, a possible reading of the original Hebrew text <br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> DSS, LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac; most MT <i>like a lion at my hands and feet</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Cited in <a href="../john/19.htm#24">John 19:24</a>; see also <a href="../matthew/27.htm#35">Matthew 27:35</a>, <a href="../mark/15.htm#24">Mark 15:24</a>, and <a href="../luke/23.htm#34">Luke 23:34</a><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> LXX <i>I will sing Your praises in the assembly</i><span class="thin"> </span>; cited in <a href="../hebrews/2.htm#12">Hebrews 2:12</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>licensing</a> available. See also the <a href=http://literalbible.com>Berean Literal Bible</a> and <a href=http://interlinearbible.com>Berean Interlinear Bible</a>.<span class=p><br /><br /></span><a href=/>Bible Hub</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>