Verse 1
My GOD, my GOD, I cry to Thee,
Ah, why hast Thou forsaken me, (Ps. 22:1, Matt. 27:46, Mark 15:34)
Who still lament and groan!
Far from my passionate Complaint (Ps. 22:1)
Why hast Thou suffer’d me to faint,
And seem’st for ever gone!

Verse 2
To Thee by Day and Night I cry, (Ps. 22:2)
Incessant pray, but no Reply (Ps. 22:2)
To sooth my endless Care;
O Thou that answer’st not a Word,
O Thou by Israel’s Tribes ador’d, (Ps. 22:3)
Regard my dying Prayer.

Verse 3
Our Fathers trusted in thy Aid, (Ps. 22:4)
To Thee in all their Troubles pray’d,
And Thou didst hear their Cry,
Our Fathers were not put to Shame, (Ps. 22:5, Isa. 49:23)
But oft as they invok’d thy Name
They found Deliverance nigh. (Ps. 22:4)

Verse 4
But I a slighted Worm, in vain, (Ps. 22:6)
For Help unto my GOD complain,
The Help I cannot find:
Cut off alas from all Relief,
A wretched Man of hopeless Grief,
The Outcast of Mankind. (Ps. 22:6-7)

Verse 5
All those that see me bruis’d and torn, (Isa. 53:5)
Rejoice and laugh my Soul to scorn, (Ps. 22:7, Matt. 27:39-43, Mark 15:29-31)
And aggravate my Load,
They glory in their cruel Deed,
Shoot out the Lip, and shake the Head, (Ps. 22:7)
And mock my Trust in GOD. (Ps. 22:8)

Verse 6
He trusted in the Lord, they cry, (Ps. 22:8, Matt. 27:43, Luke 23:35)
That He would save him from on high;
Let Him his own receive, (Ps. 22:8)
If GOD in Him doth take delight, (Ps. 22:8)
He now may claim his Lawfull Right,
And bid his Fav’rite live.

Verse 7
But Thou art He, O GOD, thro’ whom
I issued from my Mother’s Womb, (Ps. 22:9)
And hanging on the Breast (Ps. 22:9)
By Thee I still was kept from Harms,
And in thy everlasting Arms (Deut. 33:27)
Have always found my Rest.

Verse 8
O do not at a distance stand, (Ps. 22:11)
For sore Distress is hard at Hand, (Ps. 22:11)
An Host of Foes surround,
As Basan’s Bulls they gape and roar, (Ps. 22:12)
As Lyons ready to devour, (Ps. 22:13)
And none to help is found. (Ps. 22:11)

Verse 9
My Blood pour’d out like Water is, (Ps. 22:14, John 19:34)
Sharp Pangs my Soul and Body seize,
Disjointing all my Bones: (Ps. 22:14)
My Heart like Wax before the Fire, (Ps. 22:14)
Dissolves; my Life doth all expire (Ps. 22:14)
In Agonizing Groans.

Verse 10
Thy Wrath doth on my Soul abide,
My Strength is as a Potsherd dried, (Ps. 22:15)
And blasted by thy Breath,
My Tongue cleaves to my Gums; Thy Frown (Ps. 22:15, John 19:28, Ps. 69:21)
Hath broke my Heart, and brought me down
Into the Dust of Death. (Ps. 22:15)

Verse 11
Encompast by the Dogs of Hell, (Ps. 22:16)
The Rage of Fiends and Men I feel;
They pierc’d my Hands and Feet: (Ps. 22:16, Zech. 12:10)
My starting Bones may all be told, (Ps. 22:17, John 19:36-37)
With Joy my sufferings they behold,
And all my Pangs repeat.

Verse 12
My Cloaths they equally divide, (Ps. 22:18, Matt. 27:35, Mark 15:24, Luke 23:34, John 19:23-24)
My Vesture’s Heir by Lot decide: (Ps. 22:18)
But Thou, O Lord, be nigh, (Ps. 22:19)
Make haste t’ appear my Strength, my Lord, (Ps. 22:19)
My Soul deliver from the Sword, (Ps. 22:20)
Revive me when I die.

Verse 13
Redeem my Life from Satan’s Power,
Nor let the Lion’s Mouth devour, (Ps. 22:21)
The Unicorns destroy: (Ps. 22:21)
Thou hast from all their Fury freed,
And rais’d thy Shepherd from the Dead, (Heb. 13:20)
And fill’d with endless Joy. (Heb. 12:2)

Verse 14
Thy Name I therefore will reveal, (Ps. 22:22, Heb. 2:12)
Thy Goodness to my Brethren tell,
To all th’ assembled Crowd (Ps. 22:22)
Declare the pretious Gospel-Grace;
Who fear the Lord, exalt his Praise, (Ps. 22:23)
And love the pard’ning GOD.

Verse 15
Their GOD let Israel glorify, (Ps. 22:23)
Who gave his Son for all to die, (John 3:16)
Who rais’d Him up again, (Acts 2:24, Acts 2:32, Rom. 4:24, I Cor. 15:15)
He hath not scorn’d the Mourner’s Care, (Ps. 22:24)
But seen his Grief, and heard his Prayer, (Ps. 22:24)
And heal’d him of his Pain.

Verse 16
Thy Glory, Lord, I will display,
My Vows before thy People pay, (Ps. 22:25)
My Thanks and Praises give; (Ps. 22:25)
The Poor shall sing and feast like me, (Ps. 22:26)
And ye who fear him now, shall see
The Face of GOD, and live. (Ex. 33:20, Rev. 22:4)

Verse 17
Your Heart shall find an Heaven below,
Eternal Life in Jesus know; (John 17:3)
The World shall feel his Power, (Ps. 22:27)
They all shall to their Saviour turn, (Ps. 22:27)
And Tribes and Nations yet unborn (Rev. 5:9, Rev. 7:9)
Their bleeding Lord adore. (Ps. 22:27)

Verse 18
Supream by his Eternal Birth,
Prince of the Potentates on Earth (Ps. 22:28, Rev. 19:16)
The Lord his Sway maintains; (Ps. 22:28)
Glory, and Power are His alone, (Dan. 7:14)
High on his Everlasting Throne,
The King Messiah reigns. (Ps. 22:28, Rev. 11:15)

Verse 19
The Great shall to his Sway submit,
Monarchs shall taste his heavenly Meat, (John 6:51)
And at his Footstool fall, (Ps. 22:29)
Him every Knee shall bow before, (Ps. 22:29, Is. 45:23, Rom. 14:11, Phil. 2:10-11)
And every Soul of Man adore
The GOD that died for all. (I Cor. 5:14-15)

Verse 20
A Seed shall first their Lord confess, (Ps. 22:30, Isa. 61:9)
Elect thro’ perfect Holiness, (Eph. 1:4)
His own peculiar Seed; (I Pet. 2:9)
His Will shall all by Them be done, (Matt. 6:10, Luke 11:2)
Redeem’d, and sav’d by Grace alone, (Eph. 2:8-9)
And Saints, and free indeed. (John 8:36)

Verse 21
The spotless Church on Earth shall rise, (Eph. 5:27)
Declare to all the Ransom-price
For every Soul laid down: (I Tim. 2:6)
And every Soul shall then Believe,
To Christ their whole Salvation give,
And live to GOD alone.