| 1. | For the leader; according to "The deer of the dawn." A psalm of David. |
| 2. | My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why so far from my call for help, from my cries of anguish? |
| 3. | My God, I call by day, but you do not answer; by night, but I have no relief. |
| 4. | Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the glory of Israel. |
| 5. | In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted and you rescued them. |
| 6. | To you they cried out and they escaped; in you they trusted and were not disappointed. |
| 7. | But I am a worm, hardly human, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. |
| 8. | All who see me mock me; they curl their lips and jeer; they shake their heads at me: |
| 9. | "You relied on the LORD--let him deliver you; if he loves you, let him rescue you." |
| 10. | Yet you drew me forth from the womb, made me safe at my mother's breast. |
| 11. | Upon you I was thrust from the womb; since birth you are my God. |
| 12. | Do not stay far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help. |
| 13. | Many bulls surround me; fierce bulls of Bashan encircle me. |
| 14. | They open their mouths against me, lions that rend and roar. |
| 15. | Like water my life drains away; all my bones grow soft. My heart has become like wax, it melts away within me. |
| 16. | As dry as a potsherd is my throat; my tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me in the dust of death. |
| 17. | Many dogs surround me; a pack of evildoers closes in on me. So wasted are my hands and feet |
| 18. | that I can count all my bones. They stare at me and gloat; |
| 19. | they divide my garments among them; for my clothing they cast lots. |
| 20. | But you, LORD, do not stay far off; my strength, come quickly to help me. |
| 21. | Deliver me from the sword, my forlorn life from the teeth of the dog. |
| 22. | Save me from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the horns of wild bulls. |
| 23. | Then I will proclaim your name to the assembly; in the community I will praise you: |
| 24. | "You who fear the LORD, give praise! All descendants of Jacob, give honor; show reverence, all descendants of Israel! |
| 25. | For God has not spurned or disdained the misery of this poor wretch, Did not turn away from me, but heard me when I cried out. |
| 26. | I will offer praise in the great assembly; my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him. |
| 27. | The poor will eat their fill; those who seek the LORD will offer praise. May your hearts enjoy life forever!" |
| 28. | All the ends of the earth will worship and turn to the LORD; All the families of nations will bow low before you. |
| 29. | For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations. |
| 30. | All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage. |
| 31. | And I will live for the LORD; my descendants will serve you. |
| 32. | The generation to come will be told of the Lord, that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn the deliverance you have brought. |
