GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away from helping me, so far away from the words of my groaning?
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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, I cry out by day, but you do not answer-- also at night, but I find no rest.
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My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
3 Yet, you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
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Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.
4 Our ancestors trusted you. 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 were saved. They trusted you and were never disappointed.
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To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
6 Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by 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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