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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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My God, my God why have you forsaken me? [Why are you] far from helping me, [far from] the words of my groaning?
2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
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O my God, I call by day and you do not answer, and [by] night but I have no rest.
3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.
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Yet you [are] holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4 In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
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Our ancestors trusted you; they trusted and you delivered 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 were saved; they trusted you and were not ashamed.
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 and not a man, scorned by humankind and despised by people.
7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
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All [who] see me mock me. They open wide [their] lips; they shake [the] head, [saying]:
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 trusts Yahweh}. Let him rescue him. Let him deliver him because he delights 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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Yet [you] took me from [the] belly; you made me trust [while] 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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On you I was cast from [the] womb. From my mother's belly you [have been] my God.
11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
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Do not be far from me because trouble [is] near; because there is no helper.
12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
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Many bulls have encircled me; mighty [bulls] of Bashan have surrounded me.
13 Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
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They open their mouth against me [like] a lion tearing and roaring.
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, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted {within 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 strength is dry like a potsherd, and my tongue is sticking [to] my jaws; and you have placed me 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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Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion [they are at] my hands and my feet.
17 All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.
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I can count all my bones; they gaze, they look at me.
18 They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.
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They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
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, O Yahweh, do not remain distant. O my help, hasten to help me.
20 Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
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Rescue my life from [the] sword, my only [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] mouth of [the] lion, and from [the] horns of [the] wild oxen answer me.
22 I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.
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I will tell your name to my brothers; inside [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 revere Yahweh, praise him! Glorify him, all [you] seed of Jacob, and be in awe of him, all [you] seed of Israel,
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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because he has not despised nor abhorred [the] affliction of [the] afflicted, and has not hid his face from him; but he listened to him when he cried for help.
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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From you [is] my praise. In [the] great assembly, I will pay my vows before those who revere 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] afflicted will eat and will be satisfied. Those who seek him will praise Yahweh. May your heart live 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 Yahweh. All [the] families of [the] nations will worship before you.
28 for dominion belongs to the LORDand he rules over the nations.
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Because the kingship belongs to Yahweh, and [he] rules over 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 [the] {healthy ones} of [the] earth will eat and worship. Before him all [of] those descending [into the] dust will kneel, even he [who] cannot keep his soul alive.
30 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
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Descendants will serve him. Regarding the Lord, it will be told to the [next] generation.
31 They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it!
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They will come and tell his saving [deeds] to a people [yet] to be born, that he has done [it].
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