Salmos 22

¹For the leader; according to The deer of the dawn. A psalm of David. I My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why so far from my call for help, from my cries of anguish?

²My God, I call by day, but you do not answer; by night, but I have no relief.

³Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the glory of Israel.

⁴In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted and you rescued them.

⁵To you they cried out and they escaped; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.

⁶But I am a worm, hardly human, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

⁷All who see me mock me; they curl their lips and jeer; they shake their heads at me:

⁸You relied on the LORD--let him deliver you; if he loves you, let him rescue you.

⁹Yet you drew me forth from the womb, made me safe at my mother's breast.

¹⁰Upon you I was thrust from the womb; since birth you are my God.

¹¹Do not stay far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help.

¹²II Many bulls surround me; fierce bulls of Bashan encircle me.

¹³They open their mouths against me, lions that rend and roar.

¹⁴Like water my life drains away; all my bones grow soft. My heart has become like wax, it melts away within me.

¹⁵As dry as a potsherd is my throat; my tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶Many dogs surround me; a pack of evildoers closes in on me. So wasted are my hands and feet

¹⁷that I can count all my bones. They stare at me and gloat;

¹⁸they divide my garments among them; for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹But you, LORD, do not stay far off; my strength, come quickly to help me.

²⁰Deliver me from the sword, my forlorn life from the teeth of the dog.

²¹Save me from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the horns of wild bulls.

²²III Then I will proclaim your name to the assembly; in the community I will praise you:

²³You who fear the LORD, give praise! All descendants of Jacob, give honor; show reverence, all descendants of Israel!

²⁴For God has not spurned or disdained the misery of this poor wretch, Did not turn away from me, but heard me when I cried out.

²⁵I will offer praise in the great assembly; my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.

²⁶The poor will eat their fill; those who seek the LORD will offer praise. May your hearts enjoy life forever!

²⁷IV All the ends of the earth will worship and turn to the LORD; All the families of nations will bow low before you.

²⁸For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations.

²⁹All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage.

³⁰And I will live for the LORD; my descendants will serve you.

³¹The generation to come will be told of the Lord, that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn the deliverance you have brought.