^{1 Ref} <To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?

^{2 Ref} O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.

^{3 Ref} But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.

^{4 Ref} Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.

^{5 Ref} They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.

^{6 Ref} But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

^{7 Ref} I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

^{8 Ref} He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

^{9 Ref} But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.

^{10 Ref} I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body.

^{11 Ref} Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

^{12 Ref} A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.

^{13 Ref} I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

^{14 Ref} I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.

^{15 Ref} My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

^{16 Ref} Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

^{17 Ref} I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:

^{18 Ref} They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.

^{19 Ref} Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.

^{20 Ref} Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.

^{21 Ref} Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.

^{22 Ref} I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.

^{23 Ref} You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.

^{24 Ref} For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

^{25 Ref} My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.

^{26 Ref} The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

^{27 Ref} All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

^{28 Ref} For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.

^{29 Ref} All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

^{30 Ref} A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

^{31 Ref} They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.

^{1 Ref} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? `Why art thou so' far from helping me, `and from' the words of my groaning?

^{2 Ref} O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.

^{3 Ref} But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

^{4 Ref} Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

^{5 Ref} They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.

^{6 Ref} But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.

^{7 Ref} All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, `saying',

^{8 Ref} Commit `thyself' unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

^{9 Ref} But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust `when I was' upon my mother's breasts.

^{10 Ref} I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

^{11 Ref} Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.

^{12 Ref} Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

^{13 Ref} They gape upon me with their mouth, `As' a ravening and a roaring lion.

^{14 Ref} I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

^{15 Ref} My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

^{16 Ref} For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

^{17 Ref} I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.

^{18 Ref} They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

^{19 Ref} But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

^{20 Ref} Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.

^{21 Ref} Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

^{22 Ref} I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.

^{23 Ref} Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.

^{24 Ref} For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

^{25 Ref} Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

^{26 Ref} The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.

^{27 Ref} All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

^{28 Ref} For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations.

^{29 Ref} All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

^{30 Ref} A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the `next' generation.

^{31 Ref} They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it. Psalm 23 A Psalm of David.