Psalms 22:1-13 ▼

1 My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from delivering me— from my groaning words?

2 My God, I cry out to you throughout the day, but you do not answer; and throughout the night, but I have no rest.

3 You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

4 Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted and you delivered them.

5 They cried out to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not put to shame.

6 But as for me, I am only a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people.

7 Everyone who sees me mocks me; they gape at me with open mouths and shake their heads at me.

8 They say, |Commit yourself to the LORD; perhaps the LORD will deliver him, perhaps he will cause him to escape, since he delights in him.|

9 Yet, you are the one who took me from the womb, and kept me safe on my mother's breasts.

10 I was dependent on you from birth; from my mother's womb you have been my God.

11 Do not be so distant from me, for trouble is at hand; indeed, there is no deliverer.

12 Many bulls have surrounded me; the vicious bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

13 Their mouths are opened wide toward me, like roaring and attacking lions.