120That is, The hind of the morning.
121Or, Far from my help are the words of my groaning. Hb. ...roaring.
22: 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, 122and am not silent.
122Or, but find no rest.
22: 3 But thou art holy, O thou that 123inhabitest the praises of Israel.
123Or, art enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
22: 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
22: 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
22: 6 But I am a scarlet worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
22: 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
22: 8 124Commit thyself unto Jehovah; let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
124Or, He trusted on Jehovah, that he would deliver him:
22: 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
22: 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.
22: 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.
22: 12 Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
22: 13 They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion.
22: 14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
22: 15 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.
22: 16 For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; 125They pierced my hands and my feet.
125So 5/6HevPs Sept., Aram., Vg. Most Massoretic mss., as pointed, read Like a lion are my hands
22: 17 I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.
22: 18 They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.
22: 19 But be not thou far off, O Jehovah; O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
22: 20 Deliver my soul from the sword, My 126darling from the power of the dog.
126Hb. only one from Or, dear soul from
22: 21 Save me from the lion’s mouth; Yes, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
22: 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.
22: 23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.
22: 24 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.
22: 25 Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
22: 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.
22: 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
22: 28 For the kingdom is Jehovah’s; And he is the ruler over the nations.
22: 29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.
22: 30 A seed shall serve him; It shall be 127counted unto 128Jehovah for his generation.
127Or, told of Jehovah unto the next generation.
128Sopherim changed to the Lord
22: 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that 129it is finished.
129Or, he hath done it. But compare Jo 19:30.
