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1 My God, my God, why have you rejected me? You seem far from saving me, far from the words of my groaning.
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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
2 My God, I call to you during the day, but you do not answer. I call at night; I am not silent.
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O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
3 You sit as the Holy One. The praises of Israel are your throne.
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Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4 Our ancestors trusted you; they trusted, and you saved them.
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In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
5 They called to you for help and were rescued. They trusted you and were not disappointed.
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To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
6 But I am like a worm instead of a man. People make fun of me and hate me.
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But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
7 Those who look at me laugh. They stick out their tongues and shake their heads.
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All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
8 They say, "Turn to the Lord for help. Maybe he will save you. If he likes you, maybe he will rescue you."
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“He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him! ”
9 You had my mother give birth to me. You made me trust you while I was just a baby.
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Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.
10 I have leaned on you since the day I was born; you have been my God since my mother gave me birth.
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On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
11 So don't be far away from me. Now trouble is near, and there is no one to help.
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Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.
12 People have surrounded me like angry bulls. Like the strong bulls of Bashan, they are on every side.
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Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
13 Like hungry, roaring lions they open their mouths at me.
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they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
14 My strength is gone, like water poured out onto the ground, and my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it has melted 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 within my breast;
15 My strength has dried up like a clay pot, and my tongue sticks to the top of my mouth. You laid me in the dust of death.
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my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
16 Evil people have surrounded me; like dogs they have trapped me. They have bitten my arms and legs.
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For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet—
17 I can count all my bones; people look and stare at me.
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I can count all my bones—they stare and gloat over me;
18 They divided my clothes among them, and they threw lots for my clothing.
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they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
19 But, Lord, don't be far away. You are my strength; hurry to help me.
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But you, O Lord, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid!
20 Save me from the sword; save my life from the dogs.
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Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog!
21 Rescue me from the lion's mouth; save me from the horns of the bulls.
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Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
22 Then I will tell my fellow Israelites about you; I will praise you in the public meeting.
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I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
23 Praise the Lord, all you who respect him. All you descendants of Jacob, honor him; fear him, all you Israelites.
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You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
24 He does not ignore those in trouble. He doesn't hide from them but listens when they call out to him.
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For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
25 Lord, I praise you in the great meeting of your people; these worshipers will see me do what I promised.
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From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
26 Poor people will eat until they are full; those who look to the Lord will praise him. May your hearts live forever!
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The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever!
27 People everywhere will remember and will turn to the Lord. All the families of the nations will worship 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 you.
28 because the Lord is King, and he rules the nations.
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For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
29 All the powerful people on earth will eat and worship. Everyone will bow down to him, all who will one day die.
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All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive.
30 The people in the future will serve him; they will always be told about the Lord.
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Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;
31 They will tell that he does what is right. People who are not yet born will hear what God has done. A psalm of David.
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they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.