Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 O God, my God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.
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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 will cry to thee by day, but thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be accounted for folly to me.
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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, the praise of Israel, dwellest in a sanctuary.
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Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers hoped in thee; they hoped, and thou didst deliver them.
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In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
5 They cried to thee, and were saved: they hoped in thee, and were not ashamed.
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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 not a man; a reproach of men, and scorn 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 that saw me mocked me: they spoke with their lips, they shook 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 hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure 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 For thou art he that drew me out of the womb; my hope from 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 on 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 Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; for there is no helper.
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Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
12 Many bullocks have compassed me: fat bulls have beset me round.
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Many bulls encircle me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
13 They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and 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 loosened: my heart in the midst of my belly is become like melting wax.
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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 is glued to my throat; and thou hast brought me down to 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 many dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: 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 They counted all my bones; and they observed and looked upon me.
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I can count all my bones. They stare and gloat over me;
18 They parted my garments among themselves, and cast lots upon my raiment.
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they divide my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.
19 But thou, O Lord, remove not my help afar off: be ready for mine aid.
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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 only-begotten one 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; and regard my lowliness 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 to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I sing praise to 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 seed of Jacob, glorify him: let all the seed of Israel fear him.
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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 has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; nor turned away his face from me; but when I cried to him, he heard me.
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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 is 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 poor shall eat and be satisfied; and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their 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 earth shall remember and turn to the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him.
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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 of the nations.
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For dominion belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
29 All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and worshipped: all that go down to the earth shall fall down before him: my soul also lives to him.
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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 And my seed shall serve him: the generation that is coming shall be reported to the Lord.
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Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord,
31 And they shall report his righteousness to the people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made.
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and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.
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