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To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?
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O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
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But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
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Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
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They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
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But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
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All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
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He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
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But thou [art] he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.
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I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my mother's belly.
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Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to help.
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Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.
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They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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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.
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For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
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I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me.
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They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
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But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
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Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
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Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
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Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
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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.
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My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
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The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
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All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
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For the kingdom [is] the LORD'S: and he [is] the governor among the nations.
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All [they that be] fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
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A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
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They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [this].
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