Revised Literal Translation

Psalms 22:1-8

1 1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?2

2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.3

3But thou art holy, O thou that is enthroned in the praises of Israel.4

4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,5

8He trusted on Yhwh that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.6 7

Notes

1. Psalms 22:1 Aijeleth…: or, the hind of the morning. ↩
2. Psalms 22:1 helping…: Heb. my salvation. ↩
3. Psalms 22:2 am…: Heb. there is no silence to me. ↩
4. Psalms 22:3 CWSB: on a throne as a king (Ex 12:29, 2Kgs 13:13) same as NKJV and ESV2011 ↩
5. Psalms 22:7 shoot…: Heb. open. ↩
6. Psalms 22:8 He trusted…: Heb. He rolled himself on. ↩
7. Psalms 22:8 seeing…: or, if he delight in. ↩