Psalms 22:1-7 ▼

1 For the choir director. According to Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my groaning.

2 O my God, I call by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest.

3 Yet You are holy, Enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

4 In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You rescued them.

5 To You they cried out and were granted escape; In You they trusted and were not disappointed.

6 But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock me; They smack their lip, they wag their head, saying,