King James Version KJV
Good News Translation GNT
1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
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My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I have cried desperately for help, but still it does not come.
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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During the day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer; I call at night, but get no rest.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
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But you are enthroned as the Holy One, the one whom Israel praises.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
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Our ancestors put their trust in you; they trusted you, and you saved them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
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They called to you and escaped from danger; they trusted you and were not disappointed.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
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But I am no longer a human being; I am a worm, despised and scorned by everyone!
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
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All who see me make fun of me; they stick out their tongues and shake their heads.
8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
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"You relied on the Lord," they say. "Why doesn't he save you? If the Lord likes you, why doesn't he help you?"
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
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It was you who brought me safely through birth, and when I was a baby, you kept me safe.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
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I have relied on you since the day I was born, and you have always been my God.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
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Do not stay away from me! Trouble is near, and there is no one to help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
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Many enemies surround me like bulls; they are all around me, like fierce bulls from the land of Bashan.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
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They open their mouths like lions, roaring and tearing at 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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My strength is gone, gone like water spilled on the ground. All my bones are out of joint; my heart is like melted wax.
15 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.
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My throat is as dry as dust, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have left me for dead in the dust.
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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An evil gang is around me; like a pack of dogs they close in on me; they tear at my hands and feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
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All my bones can be seen. My enemies look at me and stare.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
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They gamble for my clothes and divide them among themselves.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
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O Lord, don't stay away from me! Come quickly to my rescue!
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
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Save me from the sword; save my life from these dogs.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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Rescue me from these lions; I am helpless before these wild bulls.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
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I will tell my people what you have done; I will praise you in their assembly:
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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"Praise him, you servants of the Lord! Honor him, you descendants of Jacob! Worship him, you people of Israel!
24 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.
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He does not neglect the poor or ignore their suffering; he does not turn away from them, but answers when they call for help."
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
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In the full assembly I will praise you for what you have done; in the presence of those who worship you I will offer the sacrifices I promised.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
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The poor will eat as much as they want; those who come to the Lord will praise him. May they prosper forever!
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
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All nations will remember the Lord. From every part of the world they will turn to him; all races will worship him.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
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The Lord is king, and he rules the nations.
29 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.
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All proud people will bow down to him; all mortals will bow down before him.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
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Future generations will serve him; they will speak of the Lord to the coming generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
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People not yet born will be told: "The Lord saved his people."
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.