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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 abandoned me? Why are you so far from delivering me— from my groaning words?

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

2My God, I cry out to you throughout the day, but you do not answer; and throughout the night, but I have no rest.

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

3You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

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

4Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted and you delivered them.

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

5They cried out to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not put to shame.

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

6But as for me, I am only a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people.

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

7Everyone who sees me mocks me; they gape at me with open mouths and shake their heads at me.

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

8They say, "Commit yourself to the LORD; perhaps the LORD will deliver him, perhaps he will cause him to escape, since 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 the one who took me from the womb, and kept me safe on my mother's breasts.

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

10I was dependent on you from birth; 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.

11Do not be so distant from me, for trouble is at hand; indeed, there is no deliverer.

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

12Many bulls have surrounded me; the vicious bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

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

13Their mouths are opened wide toward me, like roaring and attacking lions.

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; all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me.

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 broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have brought me down to 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 have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged my hands and my feet.

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

17I can count all my bones. They look at me; they stare at me.

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

18They divide my clothing among themselves; they cast lots for my clothing!

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

19But as for you, LORD, do not be far away from me; My Strength, come quickly to help me.

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

20Deliver me 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.

21Deliver me from the mouth of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen. You have answered me.

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

22I will declare your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation, I will praise you, saying,

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

23"All who fear the LORD, praise him! All the seed of Jacob, glorify him! All the seed of Israel, fear him!

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 does not despise nor detest the afflicted person; he does not hide his face from him, but he hears him when he cries out to him."

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

25My praise in the great congregation is because of you; I will pay my vows before those who fear you.

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

26The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him, "May you 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 will remember and turn to the LORD; all the families of the nations will bow in submission to the LORD.

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

28Indeed, the kingdom belongs to the LORD; 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 people will eat and bow down in submission. All those who are about to go down to the grave will bow down in submission, along with the one who can no longer keep himself alive.

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

30Our descendants will serve him, and that generation will be told about the Lord.

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

31They will come and declare his righteousness to a people yet to be born; indeed, he has accomplished it!

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