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From the Blue Letter Bible
Revised Standard Version
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| To the choirmaster: according to The Hind of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? | |
| O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest. | |
| Yet thou art holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. | |
| In thee our fathers trusted; they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. | |
| To thee they cried, and were saved; in thee they trusted, and were not disappointed. | |
| But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people. | |
| All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads; | |
| "He committed his cause to the LORD; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, for he delights in him!" | |
| Yet thou art he who took me from the womb; thou didst keep me safe upon my mother's breasts. | |
| Upon thee was I cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God. | |
| Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help. | |
| Many bulls encompass me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me; | |
| they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion. | |
| I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my breast; | |
| my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death. | |
| Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet-- | |
| I can count all my bones-- they stare and gloat over me; | |
| they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots. | |
| But thou, O LORD, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid! | |
| Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog! | |
| Save me from the mouth of the lion, my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen! | |
| I will tell of thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee: | |
| You who fear the LORD, praise him! all you sons of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you sons of Israel! | |
| For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him. | |
| From thee comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him. | |
| The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live for ever! | |
| All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him. | |
| For dominion belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations. | |
| Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive. | |
| Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation, | |
| and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it. |
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