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[[To him that excelleth upon Aiieleth Hasshahar.] A Psalm Chapter of David.]
[1] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so far from mine health , and from the words of my roaring?
[2] O my God, I cry by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but have no audience.
[3] But thou art holy, and dost inhabit the praises of Israel.
[4] Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
[5] They called upon thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
[6] But I am a worm, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people.
[7] All they that see me, have me in derision: they make a mow and nod the head, saying,
[8] He trusted in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he loveth him.
[9] But thou didst draw me out of the womb: thou gavest me hope, even at my mother's breasts.
[10] I was cast upon thee, even from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
[11] Be not far from me, because trouble is near: for there is none to help me.
[12] Many young bulls have compassed me: mighty bulls of Bashan have closed me about.
[13] They gape upon me with their mouths, as a ramping and roaring lion.
[14] I am like water poured out, and all my bones are out of joint: mine heart is like wax: it is molten in the midst of my bowels.
[15] 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, and the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced mine hands and my feet.
[17] I may tell all my bones: yet they behold, and look upon me.
[18] They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
[19] But be not thou far off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to help me.
[20] Deliver my soul from the sword: my desolate soul from the power of the dog.
[21] Save me from the lion's mouth, and answer me in saving me from the horns of the unicorns.
[22] I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee, saying,
[23] Praise the Lord, ye that fear him: magnify ye him, all the seed of Jacob, and fear ye him, all the seed of Israel.
[24] For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called unto him, he heard.
[25] My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: my vows will I perform before them that fear him.
[26] The poor shall eat and be satisfied: they that seek after the Lord, shall praise him: your heart shall live forever.
[27] All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and turn to the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
[28] For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he ruleth among the nations.
[29] All they that be fat in the earth, shall eat and worship: all they that go down into the dust, shall bow before him, even he that cannot quicken his own soul.
[30] Their seed shall serve him: it shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation.
[31] They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, because he hath done it.
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