Psalms 22

lamnatseakh al-ayyelet hashakhar mizmor ledavid

For the leader; on ayyeleth ha-shaḥar. A psalm of David.

eli eli lamah azavtani rakhoq mishu'ati divre sha'agati

My God, my God, why have You abandoned me; why so far from delivering me and from my anguished roaring?

elohay eqra yomam velo ta'aneh velaylah velo-dumiyyah li

My God, I cry by day—You answer not; by night, and have no respite.

ve'attah qadosh yoshev tehillot yisra'el

But You are the Holy One, enthroned, the Praise of Israel.

bekha batekhu avotenu batekhu vattefalletemo

In You our ancestors trusted; they trusted, and You rescued them.

elekha za'aqu venimlatu bekha vatekhu velo-voshu

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

ve'anokhi tola'at velo-ish kherpat adam uvezuy am

But I am a worm, less than human; scorned by everyone, despised by people.

kol-ro'ay yaligu li yaftiru vesafah yani'u rosh

All who see me mock me; they curl their lips, they shake their heads.

gol el-Adonai yefalletehu yatsilehu ki-khafets-bo

“Let him commit himself to GOD; let [God] rescue him, let [God] save him, for [God] is pleased with him.”

ki-attah gokhi mibbaten mavtikhi al-shede immi

You drew me from the womb, made me secure at my mother’s breast.

alekha hoshlakhti merakhem mibbeten immi eli attah

I became Your charge at birth; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.

al-tirkhaq mimmenni ki-tsarah qerovah ki-en ozer

Do not be far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.

sevavuni parim rabbim abbire vashan kitteruni

Many bulls surround me, mighty ones of Bashan encircle me.

patsu alay pihem aryeh toref vesho'eg

They open their mouths at me like tearing, roaring lions.

kammayim nishpakhti vehitparedu kol-atsmotay hayah libbi kaddonag names betokh me'ay

My life ebbs away: all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting within me;

yavesh kakheres kokhi uleshoni mudbaq malqokhay vela'afar-mavet tishpeteni

my vigor dries up like a shard; my tongue cleaves to my palate; You commit me to the dust of death.

ki sevavuni kelavim adat mere'im hiqqifuni ka'ari yaday veraglay

Dogs surround me; a pack of evil ones closes in on me, like lions [they maul] my hands and feet.

asapper kol-atsmotay hemmah yabbitu yiru-vi

I take the count of all my bones while they look on and gloat.

yekhallequ vegaday lahem ve'al-levushi yappilu goral

They divide my clothes among themselves, casting lots for my garments.

ve'attah Adonai al-tirkhaq eyaluti le'ezrati khushah

But You, O ETERNAL One, be not far off; my strength, hasten to my aid.

hatsilah mekherev nafshi miyyad-kelev yekhidati

Save my life from the sword, my precious life from the clutches of a dog.

hoshi'eni mippi aryeh umiqqarne remim anitani

Deliver me from a lion’s mouth; from the horns of wild oxen rescue me.

asapperah shimkha le'ekhay betokh qahal ahalelekka

Then will I proclaim Your fame to my kin, praise You in the congregation.

yire Adonai haleluhu kol-zera ya'aqov kabbeduhu veguru mimmennu kol-zera yisra'el

You who fear GOD, give praise! All you offspring of Jacob, show honor! Be in dread, all you offspring of Israel!

ki lo-vazah velo shiqqats enut ani velo-histir panayw mimmennu uveshavve'o elayw shamea

For [God] did not scorn, and did not spurn, the plea of anyone lowly; [God] did not turn away from them; when they cried out, [God] listened.

me'ittekha tehillati beqahal rav nedaray ashallem neged yere'ayw

Because of You I offer praise in the great congregation; I pay my vows in the presence of God’s worshipers.

yokhelu anavim veyisba'u yehalelu Adonai doreshayw yekhi levavkhem la'ad

Let the lowly eat and be satisfied; let all who seek GOD give praise. Always be of good cheer!

yizkeru veyashuvu el-Adonai kol-afse-arets veyishtakhavu lefanekha kol-mishpekhot goyim

Let all the ends of the earth pay heed and turn to GOD, and the peoples of all nations prostrate themselves before You;

ki la-Adonai hammelukhah umoshel baggoyim

for sovereignty is GOD’s, who rules the nations.

okhlu vayyishtakhavu kol-dishne-erets lefanayw yikhre'u kol-yorede afar venafsho lo khiyyah

All those in full vigor shall eat and prostrate themselves; all those at death’s door, whose spirits flag, shall bend the knee in submission.

zera ya'avdennu yesuppar ladonay laddor

Offspring shall serve [God]; the Sovereign’s fame shall be proclaimed to the generation

yavo'u veyaggidu tsidqato le'am nolad ki asah

to come; they shall tell of the beneficence to people yet to be born, for [God] has acted.