1 M y God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' -- A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?

2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You answer not; and by night I am not silent or find no rest.

My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.

3 B ut You are holy, O You Who dwell in the praises of Israel.

And Thou holy, Sitting -- the Praise of Israel.

4 O ur fathers trusted in You; they trusted (leaned on, relied on You, and were confident) and You delivered them.

In Thee did our fathers trust -- they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.

5 T hey cried to You and were delivered; they trusted in, leaned on, and confidently relied on You, and were not ashamed or confounded or disappointed.

Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.

6 B ut I am a worm, and no man; I am the scorn of men, and despised by the people.

And I a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.

7 A ll who see me laugh at me and mock me; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip -- shake the head,

8 H e trusted and rolled himself on the Lord, that He would deliver him. Let Him deliver him, seeing that He delights in him!

`Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.'

9 Y et You are He Who took me out of the womb; You made me hope and trust when I was on my mother’s breasts.

For thou He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.

10 I was cast upon You from my very birth; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.

On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou my God.

11 B e not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help.

Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.

12 M any bulls have surrounded me; strong bulls of Bashan have hedged me in.

Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me,

13 A gainst me they opened their mouths wide, like a ravening and roaring lion.

They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is softened and melted down within me.

As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.

15 M y strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery; my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and You have brought me into the dust of death.

Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.

16 F or dogs they have encompassed me; a company of evildoers has encircled me, they pierced my hands and my feet.

And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

17 I can count all my bones; gaze at me.

I count all my bones -- they look expectingly, They look upon me,

18 T hey part my clothing among them and cast lots for my raiment (a long, shirtlike garment, a seamless undertunic). )

They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.

19 B ut be not far from me, O Lord; O my Help, hasten to aid me!

And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.

20 D eliver my life from the sword, my dear life from the power of the dog.

Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one.

21 S ave me from the lion’s mouth; for You have answered me from the horns of the wild oxen.

Save me from the mouth of a lion: -- And -- from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!

22 I will declare Your name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise You.

I declare Thy name to my brethren, In the midst of the assembly I praise Thee.

23 Y ou who fear (revere and worship) the Lord, praise Him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify Him. Fear (revere and worship) Him, all you offspring of Israel.

Ye who fear Jehovah, praise ye Him, All the seed of Jacob, honour ye Him, And be afraid of Him, all ye seed of Israel.

24 F or He has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has He hidden His face from him, but when he cried to Him, He heard.

For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

25 M y praise shall be of You in the great congregation. I will pay to Him my vows before them who fear (revere and worship) Him.

Of Thee my praise in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers.

26 T he poor and afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise the Lord—they who seek for, inquire of and for Him, and require Him. May your hearts be quickened now and forever!

The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.

27 A ll the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall bow down and worship before You,

Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,

28 F or the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord’s, and He is the ruler over the nations.

For to Jehovah the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.

29 A ll the mighty ones upon earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before Him, even he who cannot keep himself alive.

And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he hath not revived his soul.

30 P osterity shall serve Him; they shall tell of the Lord to the next generation.

A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.

31 T hey shall come and shall declare His righteousness to a people yet to be born—that He has done it!

They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!