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1 {To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David.} My God, my ·God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou] far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?
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1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?
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2 My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
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2 O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.
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3 And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.
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3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel.
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4 Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.
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4 In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
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5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.
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5 They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
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6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
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6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
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7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying:]
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7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:
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8 Commit it to Jehovah -- let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!
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8 "He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."
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9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother's breasts.
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9 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast.
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10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother's belly.
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10 From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.
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11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
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11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
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12 Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.
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12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
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13 They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
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13 Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me.
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14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.
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15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.
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15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.
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16 For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
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16 Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet.
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17 I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me;
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17 I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.
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18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
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18 They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
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19 But thou, Jehovah, be not far [from me]; O my strength, haste thee to help me.
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19 But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
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20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;
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20 Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
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21 Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.
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21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
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22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
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22 I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you.
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23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and revere him, all ye the seed of Israel.
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23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
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24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.
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24 For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
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25 My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
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25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows.
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26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
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26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him-- may your hearts live forever!
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27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee:
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27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,
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28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.
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28 for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.
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29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.
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29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him-- those who cannot keep themselves alive.
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30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
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30 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
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31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [it].
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31 They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn-- for he has done it.
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