{"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/kjv/psalms/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T05:48:46.673Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":22,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? <i>why art thou so</i> far from helping me, <i>and from</i> the words of my roaring?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"But thou <i>art</i> holy, <i>O thou</i> 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 confounded."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But I <i>am</i> 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, <i>saying</i>,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He trusted on the LORD <i>that</i> he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But thou <i>art</i> he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope <i>when I was</i> upon my mother's breasts."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou <i>art</i> my God from my mother's belly."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Be not far from me; for trouble <i>is</i> near; for <i>there is</i> none to help."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Many bulls have compassed me: strong <i>bulls</i> of Bashan have beset me round."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They gaped upon me <i>with</i> their mouths, <i>as</i> 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 the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I may tell all my bones: they look <i>and</i> stare upon me."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, 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: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns."},{"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 fear 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":"My praise <i>shall be</i> of thee 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 him: your heart shall live for ever."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"For the kingdom <i>is</i> the LORD'S: and he <i>is</i> the governor among the nations."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"All <i>they that be</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done <i>this</i>."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 22 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 22](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/22 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}