{"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/erv/psalms/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:59:36.816Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":22,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"O my God, I cry in the day-time, 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 ashamed."},{"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 the LORD; let him deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighteth in him."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But thou art he that took me out 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 from my mother's belly."},{"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 in the midst of my bowels."},{"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: the assembly of evil-doers have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I may tell 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 LORD: O thou my succour, 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 congregation will I praise thee."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Ye that fear the LORD, 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 congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek after him: let your heart live for ever."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"For the kingdom is the LORD'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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 22](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/22 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}