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^1 (a)My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
    Why are you so ^(b)far from saving me, from the words of my ^(c)groaning?
² O my God, I cry by ^(d)day, but you do not answer,
    and by night, but I find no rest.

³ Yet you are ^(e)holy,
    ^(f)enthroned on ^(g)the praises^[a] of Israel.
⁴ In you our fathers trusted;
    they trusted, and you delivered them.
⁵ To you they ^(h)cried and were rescued;
    in you they ⁽ⁱ⁾trusted and were not put to shame.

⁶ But I am ^(j)a worm and not a man,
    ^(k)scorned by mankind and ^(l)despised by the people.
⁷ All who see me ^(m)mock me;
    they make mouths at me; they ⁽ⁿ⁾wag their heads;
^8 (o)"He trusts in the Lord; let him ^(p)deliver him;
    let him rescue him, for he ^(q)delights in him!"

⁹ Yet you are he who ^(r)took me from the womb;
    you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
¹⁰ On you was I cast from my birth,
    and from ^(s)my mother's womb you have been my God.
¹¹ Be not ^(t)far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and there is ^(u)none to help.

¹² Many bulls encompass me;
    ^(v)strong bulls of ^(w)Bashan surround me;
¹³ they ^(x)open wide their mouths at me,
    like a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴ I am ^(y)poured out like water,
    and all my bones are ^(z)out of joint;
my ^(aa)heart is like ^(ab)wax;
    it is melted within my breast;
¹⁵ my strength is ^(ac)dried up like a potsherd,
    and my ^(ad)tongue sticks to my jaws;
    you lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶ For ^(ae)dogs encompass me;
    a company of evildoers ^(af)encircles me;
they have ^(ag)pierced my hands and feet^[b]—
¹⁷ I can count all my bones—
they ^(ah)stare and gloat over me;
^18 (ai)they divide my garments among them,
    and for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹ But you, O Lord, ^(aj)do not be far off!
    O you my help, ^(ak)come quickly to my aid!
²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword,
    my precious life from the power of ^(al)the dog!
²¹     Save me from ^(am)the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued^[c] me from the horns of ^(an)the wild oxen!

^22 (ao)I will tell of your name to my ^(ap)brothers;
    in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
²³ You who ^(aq)fear the Lord, praise him!
    All you offspring of Jacob, ^(ar)glorify him,
    and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised or abhorred
    the affliction of ^(as)the afflicted,
and he has not ^(at)hidden his face from him,
    but has heard, when he ^(au)cried to him.

²⁵ From you comes my praise in the great ^(av)congregation;
    my ^(aw)vows I will ^(ax)perform before those who fear him.
^26 (ay)The afflicted^[d] shall ^(az)eat and be satisfied;
    those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
    May your hearts ^(ba)live forever!

²⁷ All ^(bb)the ends of the earth shall remember
    and turn to the Lord,
and all ^(bc)the families of the nations
    shall worship before you.
²⁸ For ^(bd)kingship belongs to the Lord,
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹ All ^(be)the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
    before him shall ^(bf)bow all who go down to the dust,
    even the one who could not ^(bg)keep himself alive.
³⁰ Posterity shall serve him;
    it shall be told of the Lord to the coming ^(bh)generation;
³¹ they shall ^(bi)come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet ^(bj)unborn,
    that he has done it.