Psalms 22

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1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 1

My God, why hast thou forsaken me? My God, hear the words of my roaring; thou art far from helping me.
IV v. 1 (Inspired Version, 1867)

2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 2

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
IV v. 2 (Inspired Version, 1867)

3But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 3

But thou art holy that inhabitest the heavens; thou art worthy of the praises of Israel.
IV v. 3 (Inspired Version, 1867)

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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 6

But I, a worm, am loved of no man—a reproach of men and despised of the people.
IV v. 6 (Inspired Version, 1867)

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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 10

I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou wast my God from my mother's breasts.
IV v. 10 (Inspired Version, 1867)

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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 12

Many armies have compassed me; strong armies of Bashan have beset me around.
IV v. 12 (Inspired Version, 1867)

13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 13

They gaped upon me with their mouths, like a ravening and a roaring lion.
IV v. 13 (Inspired Version, 1867)

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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 16

For dogs have compassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
IV v. 16 (Inspired Version, 1867)

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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 21

Save me from the lion's mouth, for thou hast heard me speak from the secret places of the wilderness through the horns of the unicorns.
IV v. 21 (Inspired Version, 1867)

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.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 31

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, what he hath done.
IV v. 31 (Inspired Version, 1867)

Also cited in commentary

1 Nephi 5 — Sariah's Lament, the Burnt Offerings, and the Genealogy That Saved a Civilization
- Sariah's lament
- Where this lands
1 Nephi 8 — The Tree, the Rod, and the Building — Two Geographies of the Soul
- The great and spacious building
- Where this lands
1 Nephi 10 — The Coming Messiah, the Olive Tree in Seed, and the Doctrine of Personal Revelation
- Lost and fallen
1 Nephi 21 — Isaiah 49 — The Servant's Commission, the Engraved Palms, and the Light to the Gentiles
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 4 — Lehi's Death, the Brothers' Anger, and the Psalm of Nephi
2 Nephi 7 — Isaiah 50 — The Bill of Divorcement, the Smitten Cheek, and the Face Set Like a Flint
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 17 — Isaiah 7 — The Sign of Immanuel and the Trembling House of David
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 19 — Isaiah 9 — The People That Walked in Darkness, the Child Born, the Four Throne-Names
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 24 — Isaiah 14 — Israel Restored, the Taunt-Song over Babylon's King, Lucifer Fallen from Heaven
- The taunt-song over the king of Babylon
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 25 — Nephi's Exposition — The Plainness, Six Hundred Years, the Name of Christ, and Grace After All We Can Do
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 26 — Nephi's Vision Continued — The Nephite Destruction, the Whisper out of the Dust, and the Universal Invitation
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 33 — Nephi's Farewell — The Power of the Words, the Face-to-Face Meeting, the Pleasing Bar
- Where this lands
Alma 11 — Every Joint to Its Proper Frame — The Nephite Money System, Zeezrom's Six Onties, and the Master Resurrection Discourse
- The chapter's architecture
Alma 56 — We Do Not Doubt Our Mothers Knew It — Helaman's Epistle and the Faith of the Rising Generation
- How the chapter is built
- The battle and the count
Jacob 2 — Tender Feelings Wounded — Jacob's Temple Sermon on Pride, Riches, and the David-Solomon Sin
- Where this lands
Mosiah 3 — The Angel's Message — Jesus Christ Named, Blood from Every Pore, and the Natural Man
- Where this lands
Mosiah 14 — The Suffering Servant — Isaiah 53 in the Mouth of Abinadi, Read into the Face of King Noah
Mosiah 15 — God Himself Shall Come Down — Abinadi's Father-Son Christology, the Seed of the Servant, and Beautiful Feet Restored
- Where this lands
Mosiah 17 — Abinadi Sealed by Fire — Alma Believes, the Word Is Hidden Away, the Prophet Dies as the Type He Named Himself to Be
- Where this lands
Mosiah 23 — Alma's People in Helam — The Refused Kingship, the Liberty Doctrine, the Land Beautiful, the Amulonites Discovered, and the Lord Chasteneth Those Whom He Loveth
- The Lord chasteneth those whom he loveth and the discovery
- Where this lands
Mosiah 25 — The Great Gathering in Zarahemla — Three Records Read, the Mulekite Majority Numbered, Limhi's People Baptized by Alma, and Seven Churches Organized in the Land
- Where this lands
Mosiah 27 — The Angel, the Three Days of Death-Like Sleep, and the Born-Again — Alma the Younger and the Sons of Mosiah Converted, the Earth Trembling, the Soul Redeemed from the Gall of Bitterness
- Where this lands
Esther 1 — The Feast at the Center of the Empire — 127 Provinces, 180 Days of Glory, a Queen Who Said No, and the Vacancy Providence Left Open
- The garden feast and the gold
Job 2 — Skin for Skin — The Second Council, the Boils, the Wife's Grief, and the Silence of Friends
- How this chapter changes the reader
- Skin for skin
Job 3 — Let the Day Perish — Job Breaks the Silence, Curses His Birth-Day, and Longs for the Rest of the Grave
- How this chapter changes the reader
- The unanswerable why
Psalms 23 — The LORD Is My Shepherd — Green Pastures, the Valley of the Shadow, the Host's Table, and the House of the LORD For Ever
- How this chapter changes the reader
- Where we are

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Joseph Smith Translation

v. 1
My God, why hast thou forsaken me? My God, hear the words of my roaring; thou art far from helping me.
v. 2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
v. 3
But thou art holy that inhabitest the heavens; thou art worthy of the praises of Israel.
v. 6
But I, a worm, am loved of no man—a reproach of men and despised of the people.
v. 10
I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou wast my God from my mother's breasts.
v. 12
Many armies have compassed me; strong armies of Bashan have beset me around.
v. 13
They gaped upon me with their mouths, like a ravening and a roaring lion.
v. 16
For dogs have compassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
v. 21
Save me from the lion's mouth, for thou hast heard me speak from the secret places of the wilderness through the horns of the unicorns.
v. 31
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, what he hath done.