Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? <em>why art thou so</em> far from helping me <em>and from</em> the words of my cry?
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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 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
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My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
3 But thou <em>art</em> holy, O <em>thou</em> that inhabitest <em>in the midst of</em> the praises of Israel.
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Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
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In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
5 They cried unto thee and were delivered: they trusted in thee and were not confounded.
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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 <em>am</em> a worm, and no man; a reproach of men and despised of the people.
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But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
7 All those that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, <em>saying</em>,
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All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
8 Turn him over to the LORD, <em>let him</em> deliver him, <em>let him</em> save him, seeing he delighted in him.
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“He trusts in the LORD,” they say, “let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”
9 But thou <em>art</em> he that took me out of the womb; thou hast made me wait <em>upon thee</em> since I was upon my mother’s breasts.
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Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou <em>art</em> my God from my mother’s belly.
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From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble <em>is</em> near; for <em>there is</em> no one to help.
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Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong <em>bulls</em> of Bashan have beset me round <em>about</em>.
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Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13 They opened their mouth upon me <em>as</em> a ravening and a roaring lion.
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Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
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Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.
17 I may count all my bones: they look <em>and</em> stare upon me.
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All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.
18 They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture.
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They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
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But you, LORD, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my life from the power of the dog.
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Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth and from the horns of the unicorns.
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Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee.
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I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.
23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
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You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor <em>in spirit</em>; neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried unto him, he heard.
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For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
25 My praise <em>shall be</em> of thee in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before those that fear him.
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From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows.
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied: those that seek him shall praise the LORD; your heart shall live for ever.
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The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him— may your hearts live forever!
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD; and all the families of the Gentiles shall worship before thee.
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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,
28 For the kingdom <em>is</em> the LORD’s, and <em>he</em> shall have dominion over the Gentiles.
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for dominion belongs to the LORDand he rules over the nations.
29 All <em>those that are</em> fat upon earth shall eat and worship; all those that go down to the dust shall bow before him; and no one can keep his own soul alive.
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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.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
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Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he has done <em>this</em>.
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They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it!
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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