1For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer; And in the night season, and am not silent.
3But you are holy, O you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
4Our fathers trusted in you: They trusted, and you delivered them.
5They cried to you, and were delivered: They trusted in you, and were not put to shame.
6But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7All those who see me mock me: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8Commit yourself to Yehovah; let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delights in him.
9But you are he who took me out of the womb; You made me trust when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
10I was cast upon you from the womb; You have been my God since my mother bore me.
11Do not be far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.
12Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
13They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion.
14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And you have brought me into the dust of death.
16For dogs have surrounded me: A company of evildoers has enclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
17I may count all my bones. They look and stare at me;
18They divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots.
19But do not be far off, O Yehovah: O you my help, hasten to help me.
20Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.
21Save me from the lion’s mouth; Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen you have answered me.
22I will declare your name to my brothers: In the midst of the assembly I will praise you.
23You who fear Yehovah, praise him; All you seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all you seed of Israel.
24For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has he hidden his face from him; But when he cried to him, he heard.
25From you comes my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
26The meek shall eat and be satisfied; Those who seek after him shall praise Yehovah: Let your heart live forever.
27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yehovah; And all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
28For the kingdom is Yehovah’s; And he is the ruler over the nations.
29All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
30A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord to the next generation.
31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness To a people who shall be born, that he has done it.