1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?*

2O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;

and by night but find no rest.*

3Yet you are holy,

enthroned on the praises of Israel.*

4In you our ancestors trusted;

they trusted, and you delivered them.

5To you they cried and were saved;

in you they trusted and were not put to shame.*

6But I am a worm and not human,

scorned by others and despised by the people.*

7All who see me mock me;

they sneer at me; they shake their heads;*

8“Commit your cause to the Lord; let him deliver—

let him rescue the one in whom he delights!”*

9Yet it was you who took me from the womb;

you kept me safe on my mother’s breast.*

10On you I was cast from my birth,

and since my mother bore me you have been my God.*

11Do not be far from me,

for trouble is near,

and there is no one to help.

12Many bulls encircle me;

strong bulls of Bashan surround me;*

13they open wide their mouths at me,

like a ravening and roaring lion.*

14I am poured out like water,

and all my bones are out of joint;

my heart is like wax;

it is melted within my breast;*

15my mouthz is dried up like a potsherd,

and my tongue sticks to my jaws;

you lay me in the dust of death.*

16For dogs are all around me;

a company of evildoers encircles me;

they bound my hands and feet.a^,*

17I can count all my bones.

They stare and gloat over me;

18they divide my clothes among themselves,

and for my clothing they cast lots.*

19But you, O Lord, do not be far away!

O my help, come quickly to my aid!

20Deliver my soul from the sword,

my lifeb from the power of the dog!*

21Save me from the mouth of the lion!

From the horns of the wild oxen you have rescuedc me.*

22I will tell of your name to my brothers and sisters;d

in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:*

23You who fear the Lord, praise him!

All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him;

stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!*

24For he did not despise or abhor

the affliction of the afflicted;

he did not hide his face from mee

but heard when If cried to him.*

25From you comes my praise in the great congregation;

my vows I will pay before those who fear him.*

26The poorg shall eat and be satisfied;

those who seek him shall praise the Lord.

May your hearts live forever!*

27All the ends of the earth shall remember

and turn to the Lord,

and all the families of the nations

shall worship before him.h^,*

28For dominion belongs to the Lord,

and he rules over the nations.*

29To him,i indeed, shall all who sleep inj the earth bow down;

before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,

and I shall live for him.k^,*

30Posterity will serve him;

future generations will be told about the Lord*

31andl proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn,

saying that he has done it.*