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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?

1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?

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

2O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.

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

3Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

4In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.

5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

5To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

7All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;

8He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

8“He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights 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.

9Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.

10I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

10On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

11Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

11Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.

12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

12Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;

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

13they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and 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.

14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;

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.

15my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.

16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

16For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet—

17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

17I can count all my bones— they stare and gloat over me;

18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

18they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.

19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

19But you, O LORD, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid!

20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog!

21Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

21Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!

22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

22I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:

23Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

23You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring 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.

24For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.

25My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

25From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.

26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

26The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!

27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.

28For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.

28For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over 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.

29All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive.

30A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

30Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;

31They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

31they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.

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