²¹ Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,

¹⁹ And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.

¹ 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?

¹¹ Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.

²⁴ 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.

²¹ And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, `Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'

²² Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord -- be not far from me,