Psalms 22
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth 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?
2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
3But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
9But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
10I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
11Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
14I 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.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
21Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24For 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.
25My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
29All they that be 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.
30A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- כֹּלkôlH36059× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כִּיkîyH35888× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- לֹאlôʼH38088× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30686× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- אַתָּהʼattâhH8594× in this chapter
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
- בָּטַחbâṭachH9824× in this chapter
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
- הָלַלhâlalH19843× in this chapter
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
- זֶרַעzeraʻH22333× in this chapter
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- אֵלʼêlH4103× in this chapter
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- מִןminH44803× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- סָפַרçâpharH56083× in this chapter
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64403× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- אֲרִיʼărîyH7383× in this chapter
a lion
- גּוֹיgôwyH14712× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- חָיָהchâyâhH24212× in this chapter
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יָרֵאyârêʼH33732× in this chapter
fearing; morally, reverent
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34782× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כֶּלֶבkelebH36112× in this chapter
a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute
- אָכַלʼâkalH3982× in this chapter
to eat (literally or figuratively)
- אַלʼalH4082× in this chapter
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- אֵםʼêmH5172× in this chapter
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- נָצַלnâtsalH53372× in this chapter
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- סָבַבçâbabH54372× in this chapter
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
- עַםʻamH59712× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- עָנָהʻânâhH60302× in this chapter
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
- עָפָרʻâphârH60832× in this chapter
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
- עֶצֶםʻetsemH61062× in this chapter
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
- פֶּהpehH63102× in this chapter
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
- פָּלַטpâlaṭH64032× in this chapter
to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to deliver
- קָהָלqâhâlH69512× in this chapter
assemblage (usually concretely)
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72002× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- רַבrabH72272× in this chapter
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- רָחַקrâchaqH73682× in this chapter
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7762× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שָׁחָהshâchâhH78122× in this chapter
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
- תְּהִלָּהtᵉhillâhH84162× in this chapter
laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn