| 1 | <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 | O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest. |
| 3 | But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel. |
| 4 | Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour. |
| 5 | They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame. |
| 6 | But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people. |
| 7 | I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say, |
| 8 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help. |
| 12 | A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan. |
| 13 | I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food. |
| 14 | 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 | 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 | Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet. |
| 17 | I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me: |
| 18 | They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing. |
| 19 | Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help. |
| 20 | Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog. |
| 21 | Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen. |
| 22 | I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people. |
| 23 | 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 | 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 | My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers. |
| 26 | 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 | 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 | For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations. |
| 29 | 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 | A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after. |
| 31 | They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this. |
