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Psalms 22
KJV
King James Version · 1611
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
1 My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?
2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
2O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.
3But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
3But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.
4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
4Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.
5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
5They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.
6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
6But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
7I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,
8He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
8He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.
9But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
9But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.
10I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
10I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body.
11Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
11Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.
12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
12A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.
13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
13I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.
14I 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.
14I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
15My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
16Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
17I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:
18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
18They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.
19But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
19Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.
20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
20Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.
21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
21Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.
22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
22I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.
23Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
23You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.
24For 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.
24For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.
25My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
25My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.
26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
26The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
27All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.
28For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.
28For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.
29All 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.
29All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.