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¹ My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
    You seem far from saving me,
    far away from my groans.
² My God, I call to you during the day,
    but you do not answer.
I call at night;
    I am not silent.

³ You sit as the Holy One.
    The praises of Israel are your throne.
⁴ Our ancestors trusted you;
    they trusted, and you saved them.
⁵ They called to you for help
    and were rescued.
They trusted you
    and were not disappointed.

⁶ But I am like a worm instead of a man.
    People make fun of me and hate me.
⁷ Those who look at me laugh.
    They stick out their tongues and shake their heads.
⁸ They say, "Turn to the Lord for help.
    Maybe he will save you.
If he likes you,
    maybe he will rescue you."

⁹ You had my mother give birth to me.
    You made me trust you
    while I was just a baby.
¹⁰ I have leaned on you since the day I was born;
    you have been my God since my mother gave me birth.
¹¹ So don't be far away from me.
    Now trouble is near,
    and there is no one to help.
¹² People have surrounded me like angry bulls.
    Like the strong bulls of Bashan, they are on every side.
¹³ Like hungry, roaring lions
    they open their mouths at me.
¹⁴ My strength is gone,
    like water poured out onto the ground,
    and my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
    it has melted inside me.
¹⁵ My strength has dried up like a clay pot,
    and my tongue sticks to the top of my mouth.
    You laid me in the dust of death.
¹⁶ Evil people have surrounded me;
    like dogs they have trapped me.
    They have bitten my arms and legs.
¹⁷ I can count all my bones;
    people look and stare at me.
¹⁸ They divided my clothes among them,
    and they threw lots for my clothing.

¹⁹ But, Lord, don't be far away.
    You are my strength; hurry to help me.
²⁰ Save me from the sword;
    save my life from the dogs.
²¹ Rescue me from the lion's mouth;
    save me from the horns of the bulls.

²² Then I will tell my brothers and sisters about you;
    I will praise you in the public meeting.
²³ Praise the Lord, all you who respect him.
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him;
    fear him, all you Israelites.
²⁴ He does not ignore those in trouble.
He doesn't hide from them
    but listens when they call out to him.
²⁵ Lord, I praise you in the great meeting of your people;
    these worshipers will see me do what I promised.
²⁶ Poor people will eat until they are full;
    those who look to the Lord will praise him.
    May your hearts live forever!
²⁷ People everywhere will remember
    and will turn to the Lord.
All the families of the nations
    will worship him
²⁸ because the Lord is King,
    and he rules the nations.

²⁹ All the powerful people on earth will eat and worship.
    Everyone will bow down to him,
    all who will one day die.
³⁰ The people in the future will serve him;
    they will always be told about the Lord.
³¹ They will tell that he does what is right.
    People who are not yet born
    will hear what God has done.