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1 To the choirmaster: according to The Hind of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, 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 O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest.
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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 Yet thou art holy, enthroned on 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 In thee our fathers trusted; they trusted, 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 To thee they cried, and were saved; in thee they trusted, and were not disappointed.
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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; scorned by men, and despised by 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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