| American Standard Version (ASV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning? | 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? |
| 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent. | 2 O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent. |
| 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. | 3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. |
| 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. | 4 In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. |
| 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame. | 5 They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed. |
| 6 But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people. | 6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. |
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