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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 forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
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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O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
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Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
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In you our ancestors trusted; 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, and were saved; in you they trusted, and were not put to shame.
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 a worm, and not human; scorned by others, and despised by the people.
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 mock at me; they make mouths at me, they 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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"Commit your cause to the Lord; let him deliver— let him rescue the one in whom he delights!"
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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Yet it was you who took me from the womb; you kept me safe on my mother's breast.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
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On you I was cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me you have 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 be far from me, for 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 bulls encircle me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
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they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
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 is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
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 mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; 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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For dogs are all around me; a company of evildoers encircles me. My hands and feet have shriveled;
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
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I can count all my bones. They 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 themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
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But you, O Lord, do not be far away! O my help, come quickly to my aid!
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
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Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog!
21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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Save me from the mouth of the lion! From the horns of the wild oxen you have rescued me.
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 of your name to my brothers and sisters; in the midst of the congregation 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 offspring of Jacob, glorify him; stand in awe of him, all you offspring 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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For he did not despise or abhor the affliction of the afflicted; he did not hide his face from me, but heard when I cried to him.
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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From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.
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 shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord. May your hearts live 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 the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
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For dominion belongs to the Lord, and he rules over 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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To him, indeed, shall all who sleep in the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and I shall live for him.
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 hath done this.
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and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.
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