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1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?
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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?
2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
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My God, by day I call to you, but you don't answer; likewise at night, but I get no relief.
3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.
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Nevertheless, you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Isra'el.
4 In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
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In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted, and you rescued them.
5 To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
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They cried to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not disappointed.
6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
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But I am a worm, not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
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All who see me jeer at me; they sneer and shake their heads:
8 “He trusts in the LORD,” they say, “let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”
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"He committed himself to ADONAI, so let him rescue him! Let him set him free if he takes such delight in him!"
9 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
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But you are the one who took me from the womb, you made me trust when I was on my mother's breasts.
10 From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
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Since my birth I've been thrown on you; you are my God from my mother's womb.
11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
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Don't stay far from me, for trouble is near; and there is no one to help.
12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
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Many bulls surround me, wild bulls of Bashan close in on me.
13 Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
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They open their mouths wide against me, like ravening, roaring lions.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
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I am poured out like water; all my bones are out of joint; my heart has become like wax it melts inside me;
15 My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.
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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.
16 Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.
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Dogs are all around me, a pack of villains closes in on me like a lion [at] my hands and feet.
17 All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.
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I can count every one of my bones, while they gaze at me and gloat.
18 They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.
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They divide my garments among themselves; for my clothing they throw dice.
19 But you, LORD, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
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But you, ADONAI, don't stay far away! My strength, come quickly to help me!
20 Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
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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.
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
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Save me from the lion's mouth! You have answered me from the wild bulls' horns.
22 I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.
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I will proclaim your name to my kinsmen; right there in the assembly I will praise you:
23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
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"You who fear ADONAI, praise him! All descendants of Ya'akov, glorify him! All descendants of Isra'el, stand in awe of him!
24 For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
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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."
25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows.
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Because of you I give praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows in the sight of those who fear him.
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him— may your hearts live forever!
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The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek ADONAI will praise him; Your hearts will enjoy life forever.
27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,
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All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to ADONAI; all the clans of the nations will worship in your presence.
28 for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.
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For the kingdom belongs to ADONAI, and he rules the nations.
29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him— those who cannot keep themselves alive.
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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,
30 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
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A descendant will serve him; the next generation will be told of Adonai.
31 They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it!
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They will come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he is the one who did it.
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