1 - ?For the director of music. To the tune of "The Doe of the Morning." 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 cries of anguish?
2 - My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
3 - Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.
4 - In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
5 - To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
6 - But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
7 - All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
8 - "He trusts in the Lord," they say, "let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."
9 - Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother's breast.
10 - From birth I was cast on you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.
11 - Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
12 - Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13 - Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
14 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
15 - My mouth
16 - Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce
17 - All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.
18 - They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.
19 - But you, Lord, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
20 - Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
21 - Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22 - I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.
23 - You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
24 - For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
25 - From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you
26 - The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him - may your hearts live forever!
27 - All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,
28 - for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations.
29 - All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him - those who cannot keep themselves alive.
30 - Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
31 - They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it!