{"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/drb/psalms/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T14:20:26.854Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":22,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David. O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother's womb thou art my God, "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared upon me. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the hand of the dog. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he shall have dominion over the nations. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him. "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him. "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 22 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 22](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/22 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}