The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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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 hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
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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O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
3 Nevertheless, you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Isra'el.
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But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4 In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted, and you rescued them.
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Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They cried to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not disappointed.
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They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
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 no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7 All who see me jeer at me; they sneer and shake their heads:
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All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 "He committed himself to ADONAI, so let him rescue him! Let him set him free if he takes such delight in him!"
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He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
9 But you are the one who took me from the womb, you made me trust when I was on my mother's breasts.
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But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
10 Since my birth I've been thrown on you; you are my God from my mother's womb.
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I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
11 Don't stay far from me, for trouble is near; and there is no one to help.
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Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
12 Many bulls surround me, wild bulls of Bashan close in on me.
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Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13 They open their mouths wide against me, like ravening, roaring lions.
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They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water; all my bones are out of joint; my heart has become like wax it melts inside me;
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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.
15 my mouth is as dry as a fragment of a pot, my tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me down in the dust of death.
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My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 Dogs are all around me, a pack of villains closes in on me like a lion [at] my hands and feet.
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For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I can count every one of my bones, while they gaze at me and gloat.
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I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18 They divide my garments among themselves; for my clothing they throw dice.
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They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19 But you, ADONAI, don't stay far away! My strength, come quickly to help me!
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But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
20 Rescue me from the sword, Or: "They pierced my hands and feet." See Introduction, Section VIII, paragraph 6, and Section XIV, footnote 70. my life from the power of the dogs.
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Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth! You have answered me from the wild bulls' horns.
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Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will proclaim your name to my kinsmen; right there in the assembly I will praise you:
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I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 "You who fear ADONAI, praise him! All descendants of Ya'akov, glorify him! All descendants of Isra'el, stand in awe of him!
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Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 For he has not despised or abhorred the poverty of the poor; he did not hide his face from him but listened to his cry."
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For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
25 Because of you I give praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows in the sight of those who fear him.
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My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek ADONAI will praise him; Your hearts will enjoy life forever.
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The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to ADONAI; all the clans of the nations will worship in your presence.
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All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom belongs to ADONAI, and he rules the nations.
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For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
29 All who prosper on the earth will eat and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him, including him who can't keep himself alive,
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All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
30 A descendant will serve him; the next generation will be told of Adonai.
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A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31 They will come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he is the one who did it.
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They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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