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 M y God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.

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, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.

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

4 O ur fathers trusted in you. They trusted, 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 you, and were not 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; a reproach 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 those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

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

8 “ He trusts in Yahweh; let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”

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

9 B ut you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at 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 thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

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

11 D on’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one 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 encircled me.

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

13 T hey open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

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

14 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted 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 potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. 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 have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and 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 of my bones. They look and stare at me.

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

18 T hey divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.

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

19 B ut don’t be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.

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

20 D eliver my soul from the sword, my precious 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! Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.

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 brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.

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

23 Y ou who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants 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 nor 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 O f you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

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

26 T he humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live 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 Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall 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 kingdom is Yahweh’s. He is the ruler over the nations.

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

29 A ll the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul 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. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

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 that shall be born, for he has done it.

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