[1] My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.
[2] O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest.
[3] Yet You are holy, O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
[4] In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You delivered them.
[5] To You they cried out and were delivered; In You they trusted and were not disappointed.
[6] But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people.
[7] All who see me sneer at me; They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,
[8] “Commit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
[9] Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother's breasts.
[10] Upon You I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother's womb.
[11] Be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help.
[12] Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
[13] They open wide their mouth at me, As a ravening and a roaring lion.
[14] 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] My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death.
[16] For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
[17] I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me;
[18] They divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots.
[19] But You, O LORD, be not far off; O You my help, hasten to my assistance.
[20] Deliver my soul from the sword, My only life from the power of the dog.
[21] Save me from the lion's mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.
[22] I will tell of Your name to my brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
[23] You who fear the LORD, praise Him; All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.
[24] For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.
[25] From You comes my praise in the great assembly; I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.
[26] The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the LORD. Let your heart live forever!
[27] All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, And all the families of the nations will worship before You.
[28] For the kingdom is the LORD'S And He rules over the nations.
[29] All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship, All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
[30] Posterity will serve Him; It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
[31] They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.