1 M y God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

2 M y God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.

3 B ut you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.

4 O ur fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.

5 T hey cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.

6 B ut I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

7 A ll those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

8 “ He trusts in Yahweh; let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”

9 B ut you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother’s breasts.

10 I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

11 D on’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help.

12 M any bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

13 T hey open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

14 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.

15 M y strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.

16 F or dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

17 I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.

18 T hey divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.

19 B ut don’t be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.

20 D eliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.

21 S ave me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.

22 I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.

23 Y ou who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!

24 F or he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.

25 O f you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

26 T he humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

27 A ll the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

28 F or the kingdom is Yahweh’s. He is the ruler over the nations.

29 A ll the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive.

30 P osterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

31 T hey shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.