Noyes - Psalms - 22

22:1  My God, my God! why hast thou forsaken me? Why so far from mine aid, and from the words of my cry?

22:2  O my God! I cry during the day, but thou hearest not; In the night also, but I have no rest.

22:3  And yet thou art holy, Dwelling amid the praises of Israel!

22:4  Our fathers trusted in thee; They trusted, and thou didst save them.

22:5  They called upon thee, and were delivered; They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.

22:6  But I am a worm, and not a man; The reproach of men, and the scorn of the people.

22:7  All who see me scoff at me; They open wide the lips; they shake the head.

22:8  "He trusted in the LORD, let him help him; Let him deliver him, since he delighted in him!"

22:9  Surely thou art he that didst bring me into the world; Thou didst make me lie secure upon my mother’s breast!

22:10  Upon thee have I cast myself from my birth; Thou hast been my God from my earliest breath!

22:11  Oh, be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help!

22:12  Many bulls surround me; Strong bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.

22:13  They open their mouths wide against me, Like a ravening and roaring lion.

22:14  I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is become like wax; It melteth in my bosom.

22:15  My strength is dried up like an earthen vessel, And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; Thou hast brought me to the dust of death!

22:16  For dogs have surrounded me; Bands of evil-doers have encompassed me,—Like lions my hands and my feet.

22:17  I can count all my bones; They gaze, and feast their eyes upon me.

22:18  They divide my garments among them, And for my vesture they cast lots.

22:19  But be not thou far from me, O LORD! O my strength! make haste to mine aid!

22:20  Deliver my life from the sword; My blood from the power of the dog;

22:21  Save me from the lion’s mouth; Shield me from the horns of the buffaloes!

22:22  I will proclaim thy name to my brethren; In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

22:23  Praise him, ye worshippers of Jehovah! Extol him, all ye race of Jacob. And fear him, all ye race of Israel!

22:24  For he hath not despised nor abhorred the misery of the afflicted. Nor hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

22:25  My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him!

22:26  The afflicted shall eat, and be satisfied; They that seek the LORD shall praise him; Your hearts shall be glad for ever and ever!

22:27  All the ends of the earth shall remember, and turn to Jehovah; All the families of the nations shall worship before thee!

22:28  For the kingdom is Jehovah’s; He is the governor of the nations.

22:29  All the rich of the earth shall eat and worship; Before him shall they also bow, who are going down to the dust, Who cannot keep themselves alive.

22:30  The future generation shall serve him; The race which is to come shall hear of Jehovah.

22:31  They shall come, and declare his righteousness; His mighty deeds to the people that shall be born.