PSALM

Chapter 22

Cry of Suffering and Song of Praise

(To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David)

• 1. My God my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
  
  • Hebrew
    • אֵלִי אֵלִי לָמָה עֲזַבְתָּנִי רָחוֹק מִישׁוּעָתִי דִּבְרֵי שַׁאֲגָתִי׃
• 2. O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
  
  • Hebrew
    • אֱלֹהַי אֶקְרָא יוֹמָם וְלֹא תַעֲנֶה וְלַיְלָה וְלֹא־דוּמִיָּה לִי׃
• 3. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
  
  • Hebrew
    • וְאַתָּה קָדוֹשׁ יוֹשֵׁב תְּהִלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
• 4. Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
  
  • Hebrew
    • בְּךָ בָּטְחוּ אֲבֹתֵינוּ בָּטְחוּ וַתְּפַלְּטֵמוֹ׃
• 5. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
  
  • Hebrew
    • אֵלֶיךָ זָעֲקוּ וְנִמְלָטוּ בְּךָ בָטְחוּ וְלֹא־בוֹשׁוּ׃
• 6.↓ But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
  
  • Hebrew
    • וְאָנֹכִי תוֹלַעַת וְלֹא־אִישׁ חֶרְפַּת אָדָם וּבְזוּי עָם׃
  • Notes
    • ° תּוֹלָע (to-law') — worm, crimson, & scarlet
      ° One paraticular type of worm in Israel was used to make scarlet dye
      ° Kermes Vermilio; Scarlet dye is made from the dried body of the female
      ° Pierced the thin bark of twigs to use the sap to prepare a waxy scale
      ° The scale would protect its body, the red dye is in the scale (so after piercing, red dye was made)
      ° A crimson spot is left on the brance, when the scarlet spot dries out in three day, it changes to white as it flakes off the branch _MF-NCC
      
      Isaiah 1:18 — Come now, let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, the shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
      
      ° Return to →The Passover
• 7. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head saying,
  
  • Hebrew
    • כָּל־רֹאַי יַלְעִגוּ לִי יַפְטִירוּ בְשָׂפָה יָנִיעוּ רֹאשׁ׃
• 8. He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
  
  • Hebrew
    • גֹּל אֶל־יְהוָה יְפַלְּטֵהוּ יַצִּילֵהוּ כִּי חָפֵץ בּוֹ׃
• 9. But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
  
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    • כִּי־אַתָּה גֹחִי מִבָּטֶן מַבְטִיחִי עַל־שְׁדֵי אִמִּי׃
• 10. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
  
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    • עָלֶיךָ הָשְׁלַכְתִּי מֵרָחֶם מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אֵלִי אָתָּה׃
• 11. Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
  
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    • אַל־תִּרְחַק מִמֶּנִּי כִּי־צָרָה קְרוֹבָה כִּי־ אֵין עוֹזֵר׃
• 12. Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
  
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    • סְבָבוּנִי פָּרִים רַבִּים אַבִּירֵי בָשָׁן כִּתְּרוּנִי׃
• 13. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
  
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    • פָּצוּ עָלַי פִּיהֶם אַרְיֵה טֹרֵף וְשֹׁאֵג׃
• 14. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
  
  • Hebrew
    • כַּמַּיִם נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי וְהִתְפָּרְדוּ כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָי הָיָה לִבִּי כַּדּוֹנָג נָמֵס בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָי׃
• 15. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
  
  • Hebrew
    • יָבֵשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׂ כֹּחִי וּלְשׁוֹנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֹחָי וְלַעֲפַר־מָוֶת תִּשְׁפְּתֵנִי׃
• 16. For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
  
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    • כִּי סְבָבוּנִי כְּלָבִים עֲדַת מְרֵעִים הִקִּיפוּנִי כָּאֲרִי יָדַי וְרַגְלָי׃
• 17. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
  
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    • אֲסַפֵּר כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָי הֵמָּה יַבִּיטוּ יִרְאוּ־בִי׃
• 18. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
  
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    • יְחַלְּקוּ בְגָדַי לָהֶם וְעַל־לְבוּשִׁי יַפִּילוּ גוֹרָל׃
• 19. But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
  
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    • וְאַתָּה יְהוָה אַל־תִּרְחָק אֱיָלוּתִי לְעֶזְרָתִי חוּשָׁה׃
• 20. Deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog.
  
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    • הַצִּילָה מֵחֶרֶב נַפְשִׁי מִיַּד־כֶּלֶב יְחִידָתִי׃
• 21. Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
  
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    • הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי מִפִּי אַרְיֵה וּמִקַּרְנֵי רֵמִים עֲנִיתָנִי׃
• 22. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
  
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    • אֲסַפְּרָה שִׁמְךָ לְאֶחָי בְּתוֹךְ קָהָל אֲהַלְלֶךָּ׃
• 23. Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
  
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    • יִרְאֵי יְהוָה הַלְלוּהוּ כָּל־זֶרַע יַעֲקֹב כַּבְּדוּהוּ וְגוּרוּ מִמֶּנּוּ כָּל־זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
• 24. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the afflictions of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
  
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    • כִּי לֹא־בָזָה וְלֹא שִׁקַּץ עֱנוּת עָנִי וְלֹא־הִסְתִּיר פָּנָיו מִמֶּנּוּ וּבְשַׁוְּעוֹ אֵלָיו שָׁמֵעַ׃
• 25. My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
  
  • Hebrew
    • מֵאִתְּךָ תְהִלָּתִי בְּקָהָל רָב נְדָרַי אֲשַׁלֵּם נֶגֶד יְרֵאָיו׃
• 26. The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
  
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    • יֹאכְלוּ עֲנָוִים וְיִשְׂבָּעוּ יְהַלְלוּ יְהוָה דֹּרְשָׁיו יְחִי לְבַבְכֶם לָעַד׃
• 27. All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
  
  • Hebrew
    • יִזְכְּרוּ וְיָשֻׁבוּ אֶל־יְהוָה כָּל־אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְפָנֶיךָ כָּל־מִשְׁפְּחוֹת גּוֹיִם׃
• 28. For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
  
  • Hebrew
    • כִּי לַיהוָה הַמְּלוּכָה וּמֹשֵׁל בַּגּוֹיִם׃
• 29. All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
  
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    • אָכְלוּ וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ כָּל־ דִּשְׁנֵי־אֶרֶץ לְפָנָיו יִכְרְעוּ כָּל־יוֹרְדֵי עָפָר וְנַפְשׁוֹ לֹא חִיָּה׃
• 30. A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
  
  • Hebrew
    • זֶרַע יַעַבְדֶנּוּ יְסֻפַּר לַאדֹנָי לַדּוֹר׃
• 31. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, the he hath done this.
  
  • Hebrew
    • יָבֹאוּ וְיַגִּידוּ צִדְקָתוֹ לְעַם נוֹלָד כִּי עָשָׂה׃