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To the choirmaster :
according to The Hind of the Dawn .
A Psalm of David .
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My God ,
my God ,
why hast thou forsaken me ?
Why art thou so far from helping me ,
from the words of my groaning ?
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O my God ,
I cry by day ,
but thou dost not answer ;
and by night ,
but find no rest .
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Yet thou art holy ,
enthroned on the praises of Israel .
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In thee our fathers trusted ;
they trusted ,
and thou didst deliver them .
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To thee they cried ,
and were saved ;
in thee they trusted ,
and were not disappointed .
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But I am a worm ,
and no man ;
scorned by men ,
and despised by the people .
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All who see me mock at me ,
they make mouths at me ,
they wag their heads ;
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He committed his cause to the LORD ;
let him deliver him ,
let him rescue him ,
for he delights in him !"
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Yet thou art he who took me from the womb ;
thou didst keep me safe upon my mother '
s breasts .
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Upon thee was I cast from my birth ,
and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God .
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Be not far from me ,
for trouble is near and there is none to help .
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Many bulls encompass me ,
strong bulls of Bashan surround me ;
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they open wide their mouths at me ,
like a ravening and 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 within my breast ;
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my strength is dried up like a potsherd ,
and my tongue cleaves to my jaws ;
thou dost lay me in the dust of death .
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Yea ,
dogs are round about me ;
a company of evildoers encircle me ;
they have pierced my hands and feet --
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I can count all my bones --
they stare and gloat over me ;
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they divide my garments among them ,
and for my raiment they cast lots .
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But thou ,
O LORD ,
be not far off !
O thou my help ,
hasten to my aid !
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Deliver my soul from the sword ,
my life from the power of the dog !
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Save me from the mouth of the lion ,
my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen !
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I will tell of thy name to my brethren ;
in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee :
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You who fear the LORD ,
praise him !
all you sons of Jacob ,
glorify him ,
and stand in awe of him ,
all you sons of Israel !
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For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted ;
and he has not hid his face from him ,
but has heard ,
when he cried to him .
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From thee comes my praise in the great congregation ;
my vows I will pay before those who fear him .
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The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied ;
those who seek him shall praise the LORD !
May your hearts live for ever !
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All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD ;
and all the families of the nations shall worship before him .
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For dominion belongs to the LORD ,
and he rules over the nations .
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Yea ,
to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down ;
before him shall bow all who go down to the dust ,
and he who cannot keep himself alive .
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Posterity shall serve him ;
men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation , [ (
Psalms strkjv @
22:32 )
and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn ,
that he has wrought it . ]