The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New International Version NIV
1 For the leader. Set to "Sunrise."A psalm of David: My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why so far from helping me, so far from my anguished cries?
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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?
2 My God, by day I call to you, but you don't answer; likewise at night, but I get no relief.
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My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
3 Nevertheless, you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Isra'el.
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Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.
4 In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted, and you rescued them.
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In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
5 They cried to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not disappointed.
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To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
6 But I am a worm, not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
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But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
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