To 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?
02 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou
hearest not; and in the night season, and am not
silent.
03 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the
praises of Israel.
04 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and
thou didst deliver them.
05 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they
trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
06 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of
men, and despised of the people.
07 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they
shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
08 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver
him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in
him.
09 But thou art he that took me out of the womb:
thou didst make me hope when I was upon my
mother's breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art
my God from my mother's belly.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for
there is none to help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of
Bashan have beset me round.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a
ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I 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.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and
my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast
brought me into the dust of death.
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16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of
the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my
hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare
upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast
lots upon my vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my
strength, haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling
from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast
heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in
the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the
seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye
the seed of Israel.
24 For 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.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great
congregation: I will pay my vows before them that
fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they
shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart
shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and
turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the
nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the
governor among the nations.
29 All 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.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted
to the Lord for a generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his
righteousness unto a people that shall be born,
that he hath done this.
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