[1] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou sofar from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
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[2] O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
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[3] But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
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[4] Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
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[5] They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
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[6] But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
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[7] All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
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[8] Commit thyself unto Jehovah; let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
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[9] But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
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[10] I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.
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[11] Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.
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[12] Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
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[13] They gape upon me with their mouth, Asa ravening and a roaring lion.
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[14] I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
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[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: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
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[17] I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me;
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[18] They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.
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[19] But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
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[20] Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.
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[21] Save me from the lion’s mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
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[22] I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.
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[23] Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.
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[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.
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[25] Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
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[26] The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.
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[27] All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
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[28] For the kingdom is Jehovah’s; And he is the ruler over the nations.
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[29] All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.
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[30] A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.
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[31] They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.
