{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:26:04.910Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":22,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head,'saying ,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Commit thyself unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 22 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 22](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/22 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}