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¹ For the Leader; upon Aijeleth ha-Shahar. A Psalm of David.² My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me, and art far from my help at the words of my cry?³ O my God, I call by day, but Thou answerest not; and at night, and there is no surcease for me.⁴ Yet Thou art holy, O Thou that art enthroned upon the praises of Israel.⁵ In Thee did our fathers trust; they trusted, and Thou didst deliver them.⁶ Unto Thee they cried, and escaped; in Thee did they trust, and were not ashamed.⁷ But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.⁸ All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head:⁹ 'Let him commit himself unto the LORD! let Him rescue him; let Him deliver him, seeing He delighteth in him.'¹⁰ For Thou art He that took me out of the womb; Thou madest me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts.

¹¹ Upon Thee I have been cast from my birth; Thou art my God from my mother's womb.¹² Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.¹³ Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.¹⁴ They open wide their mouth against me, as a ravening and a roaring lion.¹⁵ I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; ¹⁶ My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my throat; and Thou layest me in the dust of death.¹⁷ For dogs have encompassed me; a company of evil-doers have inclosed me; like a lion, they are at my hands and my feet.¹⁸ I may count all my bones; they look and gloat over me.¹⁹ They part my garments among them, and for my vesture do they cast lots.²⁰ But Thou, O LORD, be not far off; O Thou my strength, hasten to help me.²¹ Deliver my soul from the sword; mine only one from the power of the dog.

²² Save me from the lion's mouth; yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen do Thou answer me.²³ I will declare Thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise Thee.²⁴ 'Ye that fear the LORD, praise Him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify Him; ²⁵ For He hath not despised nor abhorred the lowliness of the poor; neither hath He hid His face from him; ²⁶ From Thee cometh my praise in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear Him.²⁷ Let the humble eat and be satisfied; let them praise the LORD that seek after Him; ²⁸ All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD; ²⁹ For the kingdom is the LORD'S; and He is the ruler over the nations.³⁰ All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall kneel before Him, ³¹ A seed shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.

³² They shall come and shall declare His righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that He hath done it.