My God, my God, why have you
forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the
words of my groaning. Oh my God, I cry by day, but
you do not answer. And by night, but I have no rest,
yet you are Oh, you who are enthroned upon
the praises of Israel. In you our fathers trusted. They trusted and you delivered
them. To you they cried out and were
delivered. In you they trusted and were
not disappointed. Pointed But I am a worm and not
a man A reproach of men and despised by the people All who see me
sneer at me They separate with the lip They wag the head saying
Commit yourself to the Lord, let him deliver him, let him
rescue him, because he delights in him. Yet You are He who brought me
forth From the womb You made me trust When upon my mother's
breasts Upon You I was cast from birth You have been my God from
my mother's womb Be not far from me, for trouble
is near For there is none to help Many bulls have surrounded
me Strong bulls of passion have encircled me They open wide their
mouth at me As a ravening And a roaring lion I am poured out
like water And all my bones are out of joint My heart is like
wax, it is melted within me My strength is dried up like a potsherd
And my tongue cleaves to my jaw And you lay me in the dust of
death For dogs have surrounded me A band of evildoers has encompassed
me They pierced my hands and my feet I can count all my bones
They look, they stare at me They divide my garments among them
And for my clothing, they cast lots Won't you, my help, hasten to
my assistance? Deliver my soul from the sword
My only life from the power of the dog Save me from the lion's
mouth From the horns of the wild oxen I will tell of your name to my
brethren in the midst of the assembly. I will praise you,
you who fear the Lord. Praise him, all you descendants
of Jacob. Glorify him and stand in awe. All you descendants of Israel
For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted
Nor has he hidden his face from them But when he cried to him
for help he heard From you comes my praise in the
great assembly I shall pay my vows before those who fear him
The afflicted will eat and be satisfied Those who seek him
will praise the Lord Let your heart live forever The families of the nations will
worship before you For the kingdom is the Lord's and He rules over
the nations All the prosperous on the earth will eat and worship
All those who go down to the dust will Be told of the Lord to the coming
generation. They will come and will declare
His righteousness to a people who will be warned that He has
performed it.