Psalms 22:1-13 ▼

1 For the leader; according to “The deer of the dawn.” A psalm of David. [2] My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why so far from my call for help, from my cries of anguish?

2 My God, I call by day, but you do not answer; by night, but I have no relief.

3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the glory of Israel.

4 In you our fathers trusted; they trusted and you rescued them.

5 To you they cried out and they escaped; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.

6 But I am a worm, not a man, scorned by men, despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock me; they curl their lips and jeer; they shake their heads at me:

8 “He relied on the LORD—let him deliver him; if he loves him, let him rescue him.”

9 For you drew me forth from the womb, made me safe at my mother’s breasts.

10 Upon you I was thrust from the womb; since my mother bore me you are my God.

11 Do not stay far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help.

12 Many bulls surround me; fierce bulls of Bashan encircle me.

13 They open their mouths against me, lions that rend and roar.