To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar
A Psalm of David
My God, my God, why
have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you hear not; and in the night season, and am not silent. But thou art holy, O You that inhabit the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in you: they trusted, and you did deliver them.
They cried unto you, and were delivered: they trusted in you,
and were not confounded. But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised
of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the
lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him
deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have
beset me round. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a
roaring lion.
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. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue
cleave to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have
inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my
vesture.
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste
thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of
the dog.
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from
the horns of the unicorns. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of
the congregation will I praise thee. Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob,
glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
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. My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will
pay my vows before them that fear him.
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the
LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the
LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before you.
For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among
the nations. 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. A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord
for a generation.
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness to a
people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
(KJV)