✧1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? ✧2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest. ✧3Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. ✧4In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them. ✧5They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed. ✧6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. ✧7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: ✧8“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.” ✧
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Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
✧10From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
✧11Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
✧12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
✧13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
✧14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
✧15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
✧16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
✧17I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
✧18They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
✧19But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
✧20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
✧21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
✧22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
✧23You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
✧24For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
✧25My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.
✧26The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
✧27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
✧28For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
✧29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
✧30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
✧31They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn— all that He has done.