| 1 |
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? `Why art thou so' far from helping me, `and from' the words of my groaning? |
| 2 |
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent. |
| 3 |
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. |
| 4 |
Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. |
| 5 |
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame. |
| 6 |
But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people. |
| 7 |
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, `saying', |
| 8 |
Commit `thyself' unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him. |
| 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. |
| 10 |
I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me. |
| 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 gape upon me with their mouth, `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 within me. |
| 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. |
| 16 |
For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. |
| 17 |
I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me. |
| 18 |
They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots. |
| 19 |
But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, 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; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me. |
| 22 |
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. |
| 26 |
The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever. |
| 27 |
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. |
| 28 |
For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations. |
| 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. |
| 30 |
A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the `next' generation. |
| 31 |
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it. Psalm 23 A Psalm of David. |
