• The Suffering, Praise, and Posterity of the Messiah

  • 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?
  • 2 O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.
  • 3 But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.
  • 4 Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered them.
  • 5 They cried to You, and were delivered; They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.
  • 6 But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
  • 7 All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
  • 8 “He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”
  • 9 But You are He who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts.
  • 10 I was cast upon You from birth. From My mother’s womb You have been My God.
  • 11 Be not far from Me, For trouble is near; For there is none to help.
  • 12 Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me.
  • 13 They gape at Me with their mouths, Like a raging and roaring lion.
  • 14 I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me.
  • 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And My tongue clings to My jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of death.
  • 16 For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet;
  • 17 I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me.
  • 18 They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.
  • 19 But You, O Lord, do not be far from Me; O My Strength, hasten to help Me!
  • 20 Deliver Me from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog.
  • 21 Save Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.
  • 22 I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
  • 23 You who fear the Lord, praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!
  • 24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him; But when He cried to Him, He heard.
  • 25 My praise shall be of You in the great assembly; I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.
  • 26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the Lord. Let your heart live forever!
  • 27 All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations Shall worship before You.
  • 28 For the kingdom is the Lord’s, And He rules over the nations.
  • 29 All the prosperous of the earth Shall eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust Shall bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep himself alive.
  • 30 A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
  • 31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this.