## Psalms Chapter 22

###### Psalms 22:1
[Psalms 22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:1)

לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ עַל־אַיֶּ֥לֶת הַשַּׁ֗חַר מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician upon Ayyelet-hashshaĥar, A Psalm of David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, on ayeleth hashachar [a type of instrument], a psalm of David.


###### Psalms 22:2
[Psalms 22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:2)

אֵלִ֣י אֵ֭לִי לָמָ֣ה עֲזַבְתָּ֑נִי רָח֥וֹק מִֽ֝ישׁוּעָתִ֗י דִּבְרֵ֥י שַׁאֲגָתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? why art Thou so far from helping me, from the words of my loud complaint?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(On Israel's destined exile:)] My G d, my G d, why have You forsaken me [(Israel)]! You are far from my salvation [and from] the words of my outcry.


###### Psalms 22:3
[Psalms 22:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:3)

אֱֽלֹהַ֗י אֶקְרָ֣א י֭וֹמָם וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֶ֑ה וְ֝לַ֗יְלָה וְֽלֹא־דֻֽמִיָּ֥ה לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but Thou hearest not; and in the night season, and I have no rest.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My G d, I call from day to day, and You do not answer; and at night, and there is no silence [from prayer] for me.


###### Psalms 22:4
[Psalms 22:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:4)

וְאַתָּ֥ה קָד֑וֹשׁ י֝וֹשֵׁ֗ב תְּהִלּ֥וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But Thou art holy, O Thou That art enthroned upon the praises of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And You are holy, [ever] sitting [to hear] the prayers of Israel.


###### Psalms 22:5
[Psalms 22:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:5)

בְּ֭ךָ בָּטְח֣וּ אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ בָּ֝טְח֗וּ וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵֽמוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Our fathers trusted in Thee: they trusted, and Thou didst deliver them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In You did our forefathers trust; they trusted, and You delivered them.


###### Psalms 22:6
[Psalms 22:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:6)

אֵלֶ֣יךָ זָעֲק֣וּ וְנִמְלָ֑טוּ בְּךָ֖ בָטְח֣וּ וְלֹא־בֽוֹשׁוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They cried to Thee, and were delivered: they trusted in Thee, and were not confounded.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To You did they cry out, and they escaped; in You did they trust, and they were not put to shame.


###### Psalms 22:7
[Psalms 22:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:7)

וְאָנֹכִ֣י תוֹלַ֣עַת וְלֹא־אִ֑ישׁ חֶרְפַּ֥ת אָ֝דָ֗ם וּבְז֥וּי עָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I [(Israel)] am a worm and not a man, the shame of man and the despised of the people.


###### Psalms 22:8
[Psalms 22:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:8)

כׇּל־רֹ֭אַי יַלְעִ֣גוּ לִ֑י יַפְטִ֥ירוּ בְ֝שָׂפָ֗ה יָנִ֥יעוּ רֹֽאשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
All who behold, mock me. They open their lips and nod their heads [in mockery].


###### Psalms 22:9
[Psalms 22:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:9)

גֹּ֣ל אֶל־יְהֹוָ֣ה יְפַלְּטֵ֑הוּ יַ֝צִּילֵ֗הוּ כִּ֘י־חָ֥פֵֽץ־בּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
saying, He trusts in the Lord that he will deliver him! Let him deliver him, seeing he delights in him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[One should] "roll" his burden onto the L rd, so that He deliver him; He will save him, for He desires him.


###### Psalms 22:10
[Psalms 22:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:10)

כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה גֹחִ֣י מִבָּ֑טֶן מַ֝בְטִיחִ֗י עַל־שְׁדֵ֥י אִמִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But Thou art he that took me out of the womb: Thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You are my deliverer from the womb, my trust on the breasts of my mother.


###### Psalms 22:11
[Psalms 22:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:11)

עָ֭לֶיךָ הׇשְׁלַ֣כְתִּי מֵרָ֑חֶם מִבֶּ֥טֶן אִ֝מִּ֗י אֵ֣לִי אָֽתָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I was cast upon Thee from the womb: Thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Upon You was I cast from the womb. From my mother's belly, You are my G d. [(From the very birth of the tribes, He has sustained them.)]


###### Psalms 22:12
[Psalms 22:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:12)

אַל־תִּרְחַ֣ק מִ֭מֶּנִּי כִּי־צָרָ֣ה קְרוֹבָ֑ה כִּי־אֵ֥ין עוֹזֵֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not go far from me, for trouble is near; for there is no help [other than You].


###### Psalms 22:13
[Psalms 22:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:13)

סְ֭בָבוּנִי פָּרִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים אַבִּירֵ֖י בָשָׁ֣ן כִּתְּרֽוּנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Many bullocks [(mighty kingdoms)] have surrounded me. The mighty bulls of Bashan have encircled me.


###### Psalms 22:14
[Psalms 22:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:14)

פָּצ֣וּ עָלַ֣י פִּיהֶ֑ם אַ֝רְיֵ֗ה טֹרֵ֥ף וְשֹׁאֵֽג׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They gape upon me with their mouths, like a ravening and a roaring lion.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion [(Nevuchadnezzar)], who tears [his prey] and roars [in triumph].


###### Psalms 22:15
[Psalms 22:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:15)

כַּמַּ֥יִם נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי֮ וְהִתְפָּֽרְד֗וּ כׇּֽל־עַצְמ֫וֹתָ֥י הָיָ֣ה לִ֭בִּי כַּדּוֹנָ֑ג נָ֝מֵ֗ס בְּת֣וֹךְ מֵעָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have been poured out as water and all my bones have been scattered. My heart has become as wax, melted within my reins.


###### Psalms 22:16
[Psalms 22:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:16)

יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ כַּחֶ֨רֶשׂ**׀** כֹּחִ֗י וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי מֻדְבָּ֣ק מַלְקוֹחָ֑י וְֽלַעֲפַר־מָ֥וֶת תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and Thou layest me down in the dust of death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My strength is dried up as a shard. My tongue cleaves to my palate, and You have set me down to the dust of death.


###### Psalms 22:17
[Psalms 22:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:17)

כִּ֥י סְבָב֗וּנִי כְּלָ֫בִ֥ים עֲדַ֣ת מְ֭רֵעִים הִקִּיפ֑וּנִי כָּ֝אֲרִ֗י יָדַ֥י וְרַגְלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they seize my hands and my feet like a lion.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For dogs have surrounded me; the league of the wicked have encircled me. As [if I were being crushed in the mouth of] a lion, [they crush] my hands and feet.


###### Psalms 22:18
[Psalms 22:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:18)

אֲסַפֵּ֥ר כׇּל־עַצְמוֹתָ֑י הֵ֥מָּה יַ֝בִּ֗יטוּ יִרְאוּ־בִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I can count all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I tell [the pain of] all my bones, they look on and stare at me [in derision].


###### Psalms 22:19
[Psalms 22:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:19)

יְחַלְּק֣וּ בְגָדַ֣י לָהֶ֑ם וְעַל־לְ֝בוּשִׁ֗י יַפִּ֥ילוּ גוֹרָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They divide my clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for my raiment [(i.e., they despoil our possessions)].


###### Psalms 22:20
[Psalms 22:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:20)

וְאַתָּ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה אַל־תִּרְחָ֑ק אֱ֝יָלוּתִ֗י לְעֶזְרָ֥תִי חֽוּשָׁה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But be not Thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste Thee to help me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And You, O L rd, do not go far! My strength, hasten to my help!


###### Psalms 22:21
[Psalms 22:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:21)

הַצִּ֣ילָה מֵחֶ֣רֶב נַפְשִׁ֑י מִיַּד־כֶּ֝֗לֶב יְחִידָתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Deliver my life from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Save my soul from the sword, my soul from the hand of the dog.


###### Psalms 22:22
[Psalms 22:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:22)

ה֭וֹשִׁיעֵנִי מִפִּ֣י אַרְיֵ֑ה וּמִקַּרְנֵ֖י רֵמִ֣ים עֲנִיתָֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for Thou hast answered me from the horns of the wild oxen.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Save me from the mouth of the lion [(Nevuchadnezzar)], [as] You answered me [and saved me] from the horns of the wild oxen [(the Emori, the thirty-one kings)].


###### Psalms 22:23
[Psalms 22:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:23)

אֲסַפְּרָ֣ה שִׁמְךָ֣ לְאֶחָ֑י בְּת֖וֹךְ קָהָ֣ל אֲהַלְלֶֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will declare Thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the congregation I will praise Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Then] I shall speak Your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I shall praise You.


###### Psalms 22:24
[Psalms 22:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:24)

יִרְאֵ֤י יְהֹוָ֨ה**׀** הַֽלְל֗וּהוּ כׇּל־זֶ֣רַע יַעֲקֹ֣ב כַּבְּד֑וּהוּ וְג֥וּרוּ מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ כׇּל־זֶ֥רַע יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
You who fear the Lord, praise him; all you the seed of Ya῾aqov, glorify him; and fear him, all the seed of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Thus shall I say:] You who fear the L rd [i.e., the proselytes], praise Him. All the seed of Jacob, honor Him; and fear Him all the seed of Israel.


###### Psalms 22:25
[Psalms 22:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:25)

כִּ֤י לֹֽא־בָזָ֨ה וְלֹ֪א שִׁקַּ֡ץ עֱנ֬וּת עָנִ֗י וְלֹא־הִסְתִּ֣יר פָּנָ֣יו מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וּֽבְשַׁוְּע֖וֹ אֵלָ֣יו שָׁמֵֽעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; nor has he hid his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For He has not despised and not reviled the cry of the poor one, and He has not hid His face from Him; and in his outcry to Him, He has heard Him.


###### Psalms 22:26
[Psalms 22:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:26)

מֵ֥אִתְּךָ֗ תְּֽהִלָּ֫תִ֥י בְּקָהָ֥ל רָ֑ב נְדָרַ֥י אֲ֝שַׁלֵּ֗ם נֶ֣גֶד יְרֵאָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My praise shall be of Thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
From You [(i.e., it is owing to the salvation that proceeds from You that)] I praise [You] in a vast congregation; and my vows [to Him] shall I pay in the presence of those who fear Him.


###### Psalms 22:27
[Psalms 22:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:27)

יֹאכְל֬וּ עֲנָוִ֨ים**׀** וְיִשְׂבָּ֗עוּ יְהַֽלְל֣וּ יְ֭הֹוָה דֹּ֣רְשָׁ֑יו יְחִ֖י לְבַבְכֶ֣ם לָעַֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: those who seek him shall praise the Lord: may your heart forever revive!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The humble will eat and be sated [(at the time of the redemption, in the days of the Messiah)]. His seekers will praise the L rd. Your hearts will live forever. [(All this is what I will say to them [see verse 24])].


###### Psalms 22:28
[Psalms 22:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:28)

יִזְכְּר֤וּ**׀** וְיָשֻׁ֣בוּ אֶל־יְ֭הֹוָה כׇּל־אַפְסֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ לְ֝פָנֶ֗יךָ כׇּֽל־מִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת גּוֹיִֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord: and all the families of the nations shall worship before Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
All the ends of the earth will remember [the evil that had befallen us (when they see our good)], and all the families of the nations will bow down before You.


###### Psalms 22:29
[Psalms 22:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:29)

כִּ֣י לַ֭יהֹוָה הַמְּלוּכָ֑ה וּ֝מֹשֵׁ֗ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is ruler over the nations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For [they will see that] the kingdom is the L rd's, and the rule over nations.


###### Psalms 22:30
[Psalms 22:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:30)

אָכְל֬וּ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֨וּ**׀** כׇּֽל־דִּשְׁנֵי־אֶ֗רֶץ לְפָנָ֣יו יִ֭כְרְעוּ כׇּל־יוֹרְדֵ֣י עָפָ֑ר וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ לֹ֣א חִיָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul, shall bow before him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[They will see that] they [the humble] have eaten all the fats of the land, and they ["all the families of the nations"] will bow down [to You]. [Then] there will bow down before Him [in Gehinnom] all [the wicked] who descend to the dust, but He will not revive his [(the wicked one's)] soul [to deliver him from Gehinnom].


###### Psalms 22:31
[Psalms 22:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:31)

זֶ֥רַע יַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ יְסֻפַּ֖ר לַֽאדֹנָ֣י לַדּֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Their seed shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[What he wrought for] the seed who served Him will be related [in praise of] the L rd to the [last] generation.


###### Psalms 22:32
[Psalms 22:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/22:32)

יָ֭בֹאוּ וְיַגִּ֣ידוּ צִדְקָת֑וֹ לְעַ֥ם נ֝וֹלָ֗ד כִּ֣י עָשָֽׂה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he has done this.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They [(the early generations)] will come and relate to the people born [after them] that He wrought [salvation for them].