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A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise.

^1 (F1)(C1)My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Why are You so ^(C2)far from helping me, and from the words of my ^(C3)groaning? ^(VR1)

² O my God, I ^(C1)call out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.

³ But ^(C1)You are holy,
O You who are enthroned in the holy place where ^(C2)the praises of Israel are offered.

⁴ In You our fathers ^(C1)trusted leaned on, relied on, and were confident;
They trusted and You ^(C2)rescued them.

⁵ They cried out to You and were delivered;
^(C1)They trusted in You and were not disappointed or ashamed.

⁶ But I am treated as a ^(C1)worm insignificant and powerless and not a man;
I am the ^(C2)scorn of men and ^(C3)despised by the people. ^(VR1)

⁷ All who see me ^(C1)laugh at me and mock me;
They insultingly open their lips, they ^(C2)shake their head, saying, ^(VR1)

⁸ "He trusted and committed himself to the LORD, let Him save him.
^(C1)Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him." ^(VR1)

⁹ Yet You are He who ^(C1)pulled me out of the womb;
You made me trust when on my mother's breasts.

¹⁰ I was cast upon You ^(C1)from birth;
From my mother's womb You have been my God.

^11 (C1)Do not be far from me, for trouble is near;
And there is ^(C2)no one to help.

¹² Many enemies like ^(C1)bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of ^(C2)Bashan have encircled me. ^(VR1)

¹³ They ^(C1)open wide their mouths against me,
Like a ravening and a roaring ^(C2)lion.

¹⁴ I am ^(C1)poured out like water,
And all my ^(C2)bones are out of joint.
My ^(C3)heart is like wax;
It is melted by anguish within me.

¹⁵ My ^(C1)strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And ^(C2)my dry tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have ^(C3)laid me in the dust of death. ^(VR1)

¹⁶ For a pack of ^(C1)dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They ^(C2)pierced my hands and my feet. ^(VR1)

¹⁷ I can count all my bones;
^(C1)They look, they stare at me. ^(VR1)

¹⁸ They ^(C1)divide my clothing among them
And cast lots for my ^(F1)garment. ^(VR1)

¹⁹ But You, O LORD, ^(C1)do not be far from me;
O You my help, ^(C2)come quickly to my assistance.

²⁰ Rescue my life from ^(C1)the sword,
My ^(C2)only life from the paw of the dog (the executioner).

²¹ Save me from the ^(C1)lion's mouth;
From the horns of the ^(C2)wild oxen You ^(C3)answer me.

²² I will ^(C1)tell of Your name to my countrymen;
In the midst of the congregation I will praise You. ^(VR1)

^23 (C1)You who fear the LORD with awe-inspired reverence, praise Him!
All you descendants of Jacob, ^(C2)honor Him.
^(C3)Fear Him with submissive wonder, all you descendants of Israel.

²⁴ For He has ^(C1)not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He ^(C2)hidden His face from him;
But ^(C3)when he cried to Him for help, He listened.

^25 (C1)My praise will be of You in the great assembly.
I will ^(C2)pay my vows made in the time of trouble before those who reverently fear Him.

²⁶ The afflicted will eat and ^(C1)be satisfied;
Those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need will ^(C2)praise the LORD.
May your ^(C3)hearts live forever!

²⁷ All the ^(C1)ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD,
And all the ^(C2)families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,

²⁸ For the ^(C1)kingship and the kingdom are the LORD'S
And He ^(C2)rules over the nations.

²⁹ All the ^(C1)prosperous of the earth will eat and worship;
All those who ^(C2)go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him,
Even he who ^(C3)cannot keep his soul alive.

^30 (C1)Posterity will serve Him;
They will tell of the Lord to ^(C2)the next generation.

³¹ They will come and ^(C1)declare His righteousness
To a people ^(C2)yet to be born—that He has done it and that it is finished. ^(VR1)