New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 22:1-21

1 1 2My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? 3Far from my 4help are the words of my 5 6groaning.2My God, I 7cry out by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but 8I have no rest.3Yet 9You are holy, You who 10are enthroned upon 11the praises of Israel.4In You our fathers 12trusted; They trusted and You 13rescued them.5To You they cried out and they fled to safety; 14In You they trusted and were not 15disappointed.

6But I am a 16worm and not a person, A 17disgrace of mankind and 18despised by the people.7All who see me 19deride me; They 20sneer, they 21shake their heads, saying,8“22Turn 23him over to the Lord; 24let Him save him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

9Yet You are He who 25brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.10I was cast upon You 26from 27birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

11 28Do not be far from me, for 29trouble is near; For there is 30no one to help.12Many 31bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of 32Bashan have encircled me.13They 33open their mouths wide at me, As a ravening and roaring 34lion.14I am 35poured out like water, And all my 36bones are out of joint; My 37heart is like wax; It is melted within 38me.15My 39strength is dried up like a piece of pottery, And 40my tongue clings to my jaws; And You 41lay me 42in the dust of death.16For 43dogs have surrounded me; 44A band of evildoers has encompassed me; 45They 46pierced my hands and my feet.17I can count all my bones. 47They look, they stare at me;18They 48divide my garments among them, And they cast lots for my clothing.

19But You, Lord, 49do not be far away; You who are my help, 50hurry to my assistance.20Save my 51soul from 52the sword, My 53only life from the 54power of the dog.21Save me from the 55lion’s mouth; From the horns of the 56wild oxen You 57answer me.

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Notes

1. Psalms 22:1 Matt 27:46; Mark 15:34 ↩
2. Psalms 22:1 Lit the doe of the morning ↩
3. Psalms 22:1 Ps 10:1 ↩
4. Psalms 22:1 Or deliverance ↩
5. Psalms 22:1 Lit screaming ↩
6. Psalms 22:1 Job 3:24; Ps 6:6; 32:3; 38:8 ↩
7. Psalms 22:2 Ps 42:3; 88:1 ↩
8. Psalms 22:2 Lit there is no silence for me ↩
9. Psalms 22:3 Ps 99:9 ↩
10. Psalms 22:3 Or inhabit the praises ↩
11. Psalms 22:3 Deut 10:21; Ps 148:14 ↩
12. Psalms 22:4 Ps 78:53 ↩
13. Psalms 22:4 Ps 107:6 ↩
14. Psalms 22:5 Is 49:23 ↩
15. Psalms 22:5 Or ashamed ↩
16. Psalms 22:6 Job 25:6; Is 41:14 ↩
17. Psalms 22:6 Ps 31:11 ↩
18. Psalms 22:6 Is 49:7; 53:3 ↩
19. Psalms 22:7 Ps 79:4; Is 53:3; Luke 23:35 ↩
20. Psalms 22:7 Lit open with the lip ↩
21. Psalms 22:7 Matt 27:39; Mark 15:29 ↩
22. Psalms 22:8 Lit Roll...away to ↩
23. Psalms 22:8 Or it ↩
24. Psalms 22:8 Ps 91:14; Matt 27:43 ↩
25. Psalms 22:9 Ps 71:5, 6 ↩
26. Psalms 22:10 Is 46:3; 49:1 ↩
27. Psalms 22:10 Lit a womb ↩
28. Psalms 22:11 Ps 71:12 ↩
29. Psalms 22:11 Or distress ↩
30. Psalms 22:11 2 Kin 14:26; Ps 72:12; Is 63:5 ↩
31. Psalms 22:12 Ps 22:21; 68:30 ↩
32. Psalms 22:12 Deut 32:14; Amos 4:1 ↩
33. Psalms 22:13 Job 16:10; Ps 35:21; Lam 2:16; 3:46 ↩
34. Psalms 22:13 Ps 10:9; 17:12 ↩
35. Psalms 22:14 Job 30:16 ↩
36. Psalms 22:14 Ps 31:10; Dan 5:6 ↩
37. Psalms 22:14 Josh 7:5; Job 23:16; Ps 73:26; Nah 2:10 ↩
38. Psalms 22:14 Lit my inward parts ↩
39. Psalms 22:15 Ps 38:10 ↩
40. Psalms 22:15 John 19:28 ↩
41. Psalms 22:15 Ps 104:29 ↩
42. Psalms 22:15 Lit to ↩
43. Psalms 22:16 Ps 59:6, 7 ↩
44. Psalms 22:16 Or An assembly ↩
45. Psalms 22:16 Another reading is Like a lion, my... ↩
46. Psalms 22:16 Matt 27:35; John 20:25 ↩
47. Psalms 22:17 Luke 23:27, 35 ↩
48. Psalms 22:18 Matt 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:24 ↩
49. Psalms 22:19 Ps 22:11 ↩
50. Psalms 22:19 Ps 70:5 ↩
51. Psalms 22:20 Or life ↩
52. Psalms 22:20 Ps 37:14 ↩
53. Psalms 22:20 Ps 35:17 ↩
54. Psalms 22:20 Lit paw ↩
55. Psalms 22:21 Ps 22:13 ↩
56. Psalms 22:21 Ps 22:12 ↩
57. Psalms 22:21 Ps 34:4; 118:5; 120:1 ↩

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