# Psalm 22 (New King James Version)
The Suffering, Praise, and Posterity of the Messiah

##### Chapter 22
###### 1 My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?  
_Why are You so_ far from helping Me,  
_And from_ the words of My groaning?  

###### 2 O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear;  
And in the night season, and am not silent.

###### 3 But You _are_ holy,  
Enthroned in the praises of Israel.  

###### 4 Our fathers trusted in You;  
They trusted, and You delivered them.  

###### 5 They cried to You, and were delivered;  
They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.

###### 6 But I _am_ a worm, and no man;  
A reproach of men, and despised by the people.  

###### 7 All those who see Me ridicule Me;  
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, _saying,_  

###### 8 "He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him;  
Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!"

###### 9 But You _are_ He who took Me out of the womb;  
You made Me trust _while_ on My mother's breasts.  

###### 10 I was cast upon You from birth.  
From My mother's womb  
You _have been_ My God.  

###### 11 Be not far from Me,  
For trouble _is_ near;  
For _there is_ none to help.

###### 12 Many bulls have surrounded Me;  
Strong _bulls_ of Bashan have encircled Me.  

###### 13 They gape at Me _with_ their mouths,  
_Like_ a raging and roaring lion.

###### 14 I am poured out like water,  
And all My bones are out of joint;  
My heart is like wax;  
It has melted within Me.  

###### 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,  
And My tongue clings to My jaws;  
You have brought Me to the dust of death.

###### 16 For dogs have surrounded Me;  
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.  
They pierced My hands and My feet;  

###### 17 I can count all My bones.  
They look _and_ stare at Me.  

###### 18 They divide My garments among them,  
And for My clothing they cast lots.

###### 19 But You, O Lord, do not be far from Me;  
O My Strength, hasten to help Me!  

###### 20 Deliver Me from the sword,  
My precious _life_ from the power of the dog.  

###### 21 Save Me from the lion's mouth  
And from the horns of the wild oxen!
You have answered Me.

###### 22 I will declare Your name to My brethren;  
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.  

###### 23 You who fear the Lord, praise Him!  
All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,  
And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!  

###### 24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;  
Nor has He hidden His face from Him;  
But when He cried to Him, He heard.

###### 25 My praise _shall be_ of You in the great assembly;  
I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.  

###### 26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied;  
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.  
Let your heart live forever!

###### 27 All the ends of the world  
Shall remember and turn to the Lord,  
And all the families of the nations  
Shall worship before You.  

###### 28 For the kingdom _is_ the Lord's,  
And He rules over the nations.

###### 29 All the prosperous of the earth  
Shall eat and worship;  
All those who go down to the dust  
Shall bow before Him,  
Even he who cannot keep himself alive.

###### 30 A posterity shall serve Him.  
It will be recounted of the Lord to the _next_ generation,  

###### 31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born,  
That He has done _this._