Psa22

Psalms – Chapter 22

¹For the leader; according to “The deer of the dawn.” A psalm of David.

I

²My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

Why so far from my call for help,

from my cries of anguish?

³My God, I call by day, but you do not answer;

by night, but I have no relief.

⁴Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;

you are the glory of Israel.

⁵In you our fathers trusted;

they trusted and you rescued them.

⁶To you they cried out and they escaped;

in you they trusted and were not disappointed.

⁷But I am a worm, not a man,

scorned by men, despised by the people.

⁸All who see me mock me;

they curl their lips and jeer;

they shake their heads at me:

⁹“He relied on the LORD—let him deliver him;

if he loves him, let him rescue him.”

¹⁰For you drew me forth from the womb,

made me safe at my mother’s breasts.

¹¹Upon you I was thrust from the womb;

since my mother bore me you are my God.

¹²Do not stay far from me,

for trouble is near,

and there is no one to help.

II

¹³Many bulls surround me;

fierce bulls of Bashan encircle me.

¹⁴They open their mouths against me,

lions that rend and roar.

¹⁵Like water my life drains away;

all my bones are disjointed.

My heart has become like wax,

it melts away within me.

¹⁶As dry as a potsherd is my throat;

my tongue cleaves to my palate;

you lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁷Dogs surround me;

a pack of evildoers closes in on me.

They have pierced my hands and my feet

¹⁸I can count all my bones.

They stare at me and gloat;

¹⁹they divide my garments among them;

for my clothing they cast lots.

²⁰But you, LORD, do not stay far off;

my strength, come quickly to help me.

²¹Deliver my soul from the sword,

my life from the grip of the dog.

²²Save me from the lion’s mouth,

my poor life from the horns of wild bulls.

III

²³Then I will proclaim your name to my brethren;

in the assembly I will praise you:

²⁴“You who fear the LORD, give praise!

All descendants of Jacob, give honor;

show reverence, all descendants of Israel!

²⁵For he has not spurned or disdained

the misery of this poor wretch,

Did not turn away from me,

but heard me when I cried out.

²⁶I will offer praise in the great assembly;

my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.

²⁷The poor will eat their fill;

those who seek the LORD will offer praise.

May your hearts enjoy life forever!”

IV

²⁸All the ends of the earth

will remember and turn to the LORD;

All the families of nations

will bow low before him.

²⁹For kingship belongs to the LORD,

the ruler over the nations.

³⁰All who sleep in the earth

will bow low before God;

All who have gone down into the dust

will kneel in homage.

³¹And I will live for the LORD;

my descendants will serve you.

³²The generation to come will be told of the Lord,

that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn

the deliverance you have brought.

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THE REVISED NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)