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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the music director; according to the tune "Morning Doe;" a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3You are holy; you sit as king receiving the praises of Israel. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted in you and you rescued them. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5To you they cried out, and they were saved; in you they trusted and they were not disappointed. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6But I am a worm, not a man; people insult me and despise me. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8They say, "Commit yourself to the LORD! Let the LORD rescue him! Let the LORD deliver him, for he delights in him." |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Yes, you are the one who brought me out from the womb and made me feel secure on my mother's breasts. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I have been dependent on you since birth; from the time I came out of my mother's womb you have been my God. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Do not remain far away from me, for trouble is near and I have no one to help me. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Yes, wild dogs surround me--a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17I can count all my bones; my enemies are gloating over me in triumph. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18They are dividing up my clothes among themselves; they are rolling dice for my garments. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19But you, O LORD, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me! |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Deliver me from the sword! Save my life from the claws of the wild dogs! |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Rescue me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered me! |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22I will declare your name to my countrymen! In the middle of the assembly I will praise you! |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23You loyal followers of the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him! |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25You are the reason I offer praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my promises before the LORD's loyal followers. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Let the oppressed eat and be filled! Let those who seek his help praise the LORD! May you live forever! |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the LORD and turn to him! Let all the nations worship you! |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28For the LORD is king and rules over the nations. |
29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives. |
30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord. |
31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31They will come and tell about his saving deeds; they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished. |
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