Psalm 22Psalms22

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. The Psalm of the Cross

   (Matthew 27:32–56; Mark 15:21–41; Luke 23:26–43; John 19:16–30)

2. 1BSBFor the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?KJVKJV: To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
3. 2BSBI cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.KJVKJV: O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
4. 3BSBYet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.KJVKJV: But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
5. 4BSBIn You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.KJVKJV: Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
6. 5BSBThey cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.KJVKJV: They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
7. 6BSBBut I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.KJVKJV: But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
8. 7BSBAll who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:KJVKJV: All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
9. 8BSB“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”KJVKJV: He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
10. 9BSBYet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.KJVKJV: But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
11. 10BSBFrom birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.KJVKJV: I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
12. 11BSBBe not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.KJVKJV: Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
13. 12BSBMany bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.KJVKJV: Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
14. 13BSBThey open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.KJVKJV: They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
15. 14BSBI am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.KJVKJV: 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.
16. 15BSBMy strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.KJVKJV: 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.
17. 16BSBFor dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.KJVKJV: For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
18. 17BSBI can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.KJVKJV: I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
19. 18BSBThey divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.KJVKJV: They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
20. 19BSBBut You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.KJVKJV: But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
21. 20BSBDeliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.KJVKJV: Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
22. 21BSBSave me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!KJVKJV: Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
23. 22BSBI will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.KJVKJV: I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
24. 23BSBYou who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!KJVKJV: Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
25. 24BSBFor He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.KJVKJV: For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
26. 25BSBMy praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.KJVKJV: My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
27. 26BSBThe poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!KJVKJV: The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
28. 27BSBAll the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.KJVKJV: All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
29. 28BSBFor dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.KJVKJV: For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the nations.
30. 29BSBAll the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.KJVKJV: 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.
31. 30BSBPosterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.KJVKJV: A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
32. 31BSBThey will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.KJVKJV: They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.