Thematic Bible
Psalm 22:1 (show verse)
Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
Psalm 22:2 (show verse)
O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.
Psalm 22:3 (show verse)
But You are holy,
O You who are enthroned in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].
Psalm 22:4 (show verse)
In You our fathers trusted [leaned on, relied on, and were confident];
They trusted and You rescued them.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 22:5 (show verse)
They cried out to You and were delivered;
They trusted in You and were not disappointed or ashamed.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 22:6 (show verse)
But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man;
I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.
Psalm 22:7 (show verse)
All who see me laugh at me and mock me;
They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying,
Psalm 22:8 (show verse)
“He trusted and committed himself to the Lord, let Him save him.
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
Psalm 22:9 (show verse)
Yet You are He who pulled me out of the womb;
You made me trust when on my mother’s breasts.
Psalm 22:10 (show verse)
I was cast upon You from birth;
From my mother’s womb You have been my God.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 22:11 (show verse)
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near;
And there is no one to help.
Psalm 22:12 (show verse)
Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Psalm 22:13 (show verse)
They open wide their mouths against me,
Like a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psalm 22:14 (show verse)
I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
It is melted [by anguish] within me.
Psalm 22:15 (show verse)
My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.
Psalm 22:16 (show verse)
For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalm 22:17 (show verse)
I can count all my bones;
They look, they stare at me.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 22:18 (show verse)
They divide my clothing among them
And cast lots for my
Psalm 22:19 (show verse)
But You, O Lord, do not be far from me;
O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 22:20 (show verse)
Rescue my life from the sword,
My only life from the paw of the dog (the executioner).
Psalm 22:21 (show verse)
Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.
Psalm 22:22 (show verse)
I will tell of Your name to my countrymen;
In the midst of the congregation I will praise You.
Psalm 22:23 (show verse)
You who fear the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence], praise Him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him.
Fear Him [with submissive wonder], all you descendants of Israel.
Psalm 22:24 (show verse)
For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 22:25 (show verse)
My praise will be of You in the great assembly.
I will pay my vows [made in the time of trouble] before those who [reverently] fear Him.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 22:26 (show verse)
The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the Lord.
May your hearts live forever!
Psalm 22:27 (show verse)
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,
Psalm 22:28 (show verse)
For the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord’s
And He rules over the nations.
Psalm 22:29 (show verse)
All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship;
All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
Psalm 22:30 (show verse)
Posterity will serve Him;
They will tell of the Lord to the next generation.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 22:31 (show verse)
They will come and declare His righteousness
To a people yet to be born—that He has done it [and that it is finished].