Ps.22.1

God, God... my God! Why did you dump me miles from nowhere?

Ps.22.1

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?

Ps.22.1

My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning?

Ps.22.1

My God, my God! Why have you forsaken me? Why do you remain so distant? Why do you ignore my cries for help?

Ps.22.2

Doubled up with pain, I call to God all the day long. No answer. Nothing. I keep at it all night, tossing and turning.

Ps.22.2

O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.

Ps.22.2

O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.

Ps.22.2

Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer. Every night you hear my voice, but I find no relief.

Ps.22.3

And you! Are you indifferent, above it all, leaning back on the cushions of Israel's praise?

Ps.22.3

Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel.

Ps.22.3

But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.

Ps.22.3

Yet you are holy. The praises of Israel surround your throne.

Ps.22.4

We know you were there for our parents:

Ps.22.4

In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.

Ps.22.4

Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered them.

Ps.22.4

Our ancestors trusted in you, and you rescued them.

Ps.22.5

they cried for your help and you gave it; they trusted and lived a good life.

Ps.22.5

They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.

Ps.22.5

They cried to You, and were delivered; They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.

Ps.22.5

You heard their cries for help and saved them. They put their trust in you and were never disappointed.

Ps.22.6

And here I am, a nothing--an earthworm, something to step on, to squash.

Ps.22.6

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

Ps.22.6

But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.

Ps.22.6

But I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned and despised by all!

Ps.22.7

Everyone pokes fun at me; they make faces at me, they shake their heads:

Ps.22.7

All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:

Ps.22.7

All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

Ps.22.7

Everyone who sees me mocks me. They sneer and shake their heads, saying,

Ps.22.8

"Let's see how GOD handles this one; since God likes him so much, let him help him!"

Ps.22.8

"He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."

Ps.22.8

"He trusted in the LORD, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!"

Ps.22.8

"Is this the one who relies on the LORD? Then let the LORD save him! If the LORD loves him so much, let the LORD rescue him!"

Ps.22.9

And to think you were midwife at my birth, setting me at my mother's breasts!

Ps.22.9

Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast.

Ps.22.9

But You are He who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust while on My mother's breasts.

Ps.22.9

Yet you brought me safely from my mother's womb and led me to trust you when I was a nursing infant.

Ps.22.10

When I left the womb you cradled me; since the moment of birth you've been my God.

Ps.22.10

From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.

Ps.22.10

I was cast upon You from birth. From My mother's womb You have been My God.

Ps.22.10

I was thrust upon you at my birth. You have been my God from the moment I was born.

Ps.22.11

Then you moved far away and trouble moved in next-door. I need a neighbor.

Ps.22.11

Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

Ps.22.11

Be not far from Me, For trouble is near; For there is none to help.

Ps.22.11

Do not stay so far from me, for trouble is near, and no one else can help me.