| 2 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from me, from the sound of my groaning? | |
| 3 My God, I call by day, but you never answer; by night and I find no rest. | |
| 4 Yet you are enthroned the Holy One, the praise of Israel. | |
| 5 In you our fathers trusted, and you delivered them. | |
| 6 They cried to you and they were saved; they trusted in you and were not overcome. | |
| 7 But I am a worm and not human, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. | |
| 8 All who see me make a jest of me; they sneer and shake their heads. | |
| 9 “He put his trust in the Lord, let the Lord rescue him! If the Lord is his friend, let him help him!” | |
| 10 Yet it is you who drew me from the womb and kept me safe at my mother’s breasts. | |
| 11 I have been yours from birth; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. | |
| 12 Be not far from me for trouble is near, and there is no one to help me. | |
| 13 A herd of bulls surround me – strong bulls of Bashan closing in on me, | |
| 14 their mouths open, like lions roaring for their prey. | |
| 15 I am like water draining away; all my bones are out of joint, my heart melts away like wax. | |
| 16 My throat is dried up like a potsherd; my tongue clings to my palate. You have laid me down in the dust of death. | |
| 17 Round about me are vicious dogs, villainous rogues encircling me. They have tied up my hands and feet. | |
| 18 They can count all my bones, for they are looking and watching me, | |
| 19 dividing my garments among them and casting lots for my raiment. | |
| 20 O Lord, be not far from me! O my strength, come quickly to my help. | |
| 21 Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the powerful grip of the dog. | |
| 22 Rescue me from the jaws of the lion, my soul from the horns of the wild bull. | |
| 23 I will proclaim your name to my brothers, I will praise you in the assembly, | |
| 24 “All you who fear the Lord, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him! All you sons of Israel, revere him! | |
| 25 For he has not scorned or loathed the afflicted in his misery. He has not hidden his face from me but has listened when I cried to him.” | |
| 26 I will praise you in the great assembly, fulfill my vows before all who revere you. | |
| 27 The lowly will eat and be satisfied. Those who seek the Lord will praise him. May your hearts live forever! | |
| 28 The whole earth will acknowledge and turn to the Lord; the families of nations will worship him. | |
| 29 For dominion belongs to the Lord and he reigns over the nations. | |
| 30 Before him all those who rest in the earth will bow down, all who go down to the dust. My soul will live for him. | |
| 31 My descendants will serve him and proclaim the Lord to coming generations; | |
| 32 they will announce his salvation to a people yet unborn, “These are the things that he has done.” | |
