1For the Chief Musician; set to "The Doe of the Morning." A Psalm by David.
2My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
3My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
4But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
5Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.
6They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.
7But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
8All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
9"He trusts in the LORD. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."
10But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother's breasts.
11I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
12Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help.
13Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
14They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
15I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It is melted within me.
16My 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.
17For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
18I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.
19They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.
20But don't be far off, LORD. You are my help. Hurry to help me!
21Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.
22Save me from the lion's mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.
23I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.
24You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
25For 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.
26My praise of you comes in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
27The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise the LORD who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
28All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
29For the kingdom is the LORD's. He is the ruler over the nations.
30All 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.
31Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
32They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.
