| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the choir director: according to "The Deer of the Dawn." A Davidic psalm. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from my deliverance and from my words of groaning? |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer, by night, yet I have no rest. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3But You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted, and You rescued them. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5They cried to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disgraced. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by people. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Everyone who sees me mocks me; they sneer and shake their heads:" |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8He relies on the LORD; let Him rescue him; let the LORD deliver him, since He takes pleasure in him." |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9You took me from the womb, making me secure while at my mother's breast. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I was given over to You at birth; You have been my God from my mother's womb. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Do not be far from me, because distress is near and there is no one to help. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13They open their mouths against me-- lions, mauling and roaring. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting within me. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has closed in on me; they pierced my hands and my feet. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17I can count all my bones; people look and stare at me. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18They divided my garments among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19But You, LORD, don't be far away. My strength, come quickly to help me. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Deliver my life from the sword, my only life from the power of these dogs. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the congregation. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23You who fear Yahweh, praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All you descendants of Israel, revere Him! |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He did not hide His face from him but listened when he cried to Him for help. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25I will give praise in the great congregation because of You; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26The humble will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever! |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before You, |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28for kingship belongs to the LORD; He rules over the nations. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down; all those who go down to the dust will kneel before Him-- even the one who cannot preserve his life. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Their descendants will serve Him; the next generation will be told about the Lord. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31They will come and tell a people yet to be born about His righteousness-- what He has done. |
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