New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
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<To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?
2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest.
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O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.
3 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
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But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.
4 In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
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Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.
5 To you they cried, and were saved; in you they trusted, and were not put to shame.
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They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.
6 But I am a worm, and not human; scorned by others, and despised by the people.
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But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
7 All who see me mock at me; they make mouths at me, they shake their heads;
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I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,
8 "Commit your cause to the Lord; let him deliver— let him rescue the one in whom he delights!"
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He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.
9 Yet it was you who took me from the womb; you kept me safe on my mother's breast.
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But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.
10 On you I was cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me you have been my God.
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I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body.
11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
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Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.
12 Many bulls encircle me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
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A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.
13 they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
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I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.
14 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;
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I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
15 my mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
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My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
16 For dogs are all around me; a company of evildoers encircles me. My hands and feet have shriveled;
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Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
17 I can count all my bones. They stare and gloat over me;
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I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:
18 they divide my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.
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They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.
19 But you, O Lord, do not be far away! O my help, come quickly to my aid!
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Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog!
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Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion! From the horns of the wild oxen you have rescued me.
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Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.
22 I will tell of your name to my brothers and sisters; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
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I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him; stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
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You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.
24 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.
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For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.
25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.
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My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord. May your hearts live forever!
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The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.
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All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.
28 For dominion belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
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For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.
29 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.
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All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.
30 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord,
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A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.
31 and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.
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They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.
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