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1 (21-1) <Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David.> (21-2) O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
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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 (21-3) O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in 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 (21-4) But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.
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Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4 (21-5) In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
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In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
5 (21-6) They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
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To you they cried, and were saved; in you they trusted, and were not put to shame.
6 (21-7) But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
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But I am a worm, and not human; scorned by others, and despised by the people.
7 (21-8) All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.
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All who see me mock at me; they make mouths at me, they shake their heads;
8 (21-9) He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth 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 (21-10) For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother.
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Yet it was you who took me from the womb; you kept me safe on my mother's breast.
10 (21-11) I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother’s womb thou art my God,
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On you I was cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me you have been my God.
11 (21-12) Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.
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Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
12 (21-13) Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.
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Many bulls encircle me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
13 (21-14) have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
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they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
14 (21-15) I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.
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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 (21-16) My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into 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 (21-17) For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.
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For dogs are all around me; a company of evildoers encircles me. My hands and feet have shriveled;
17 (21-18) They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared upon me.
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I can count all my bones. They stare and gloat over me;
18 (21-19) They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
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they divide my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.
19 (21-20) But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.
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But you, O Lord, do not be far away! O my help, come quickly to my aid!
20 (21-21) Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the hand of the dog.
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Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog!
21 (21-22) Save me from the lion’s mouth; and my lowness 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 (21-23) I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise 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 (21-24) Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify 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 (21-25) Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face form me: and 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 (21-26) With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of 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 (21-27) The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and 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 (21-28) All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight.
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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 (21-29) For the kingdom is the Lord’s; and he shall have dominion over the nations.
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For dominion belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
29 (21-30) All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before 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 (21-31) And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.
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Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord,
31 (21-32) There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.
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and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.
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