¹ My God, my God, why have You turned Your back on me?
    Your ears are deaf to my groans.
² O my God, I cry all day and You are silent;
    my tears in the night bring no relief.

³ Still, You are holy;
    You make Your home on the praises of Israel.
⁴ Our mothers and fathers trusted in You;
    they trusted, and You rescued them.
⁵ They cried out to You for help and were spared;
    they trusted in You and were vindicated.

⁶ But I am a worm and not a human being,
    a disgrace and an object of scorn.
⁷ Everyone who sees me laughs at me;
    they whisper to one another I’m a loser; they sneer and mock me, saying,
⁸ “He relies on the Eternal; let the Eternal rescue him
    and keep him safe because He is happy with him.”

⁹ But You are the One who granted me life;
    You endowed me with trust as I nursed at my mother’s breast.
¹⁰ I was dedicated to You at birth;
    You’ve been my God from my mother’s womb.
¹¹ Stay close to me—
    trouble is at my door;
    no one else can help me.

¹² I’m surrounded by many tormenters;
    like strong bulls of Bashan,^[b] they circle around me with their taunts.
¹³ They open their mouths wide at me
    like ravenous, roaring lions.

¹⁴ My life is poured out like water,
    and all my bones have slipped out of joint.
My heart melts like wax inside me.
¹⁵ My strength is gone, dried up like shards of pottery;
    my dry tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
    You lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶ A throng of evil ones has surrounded me
    like a pack of wild dogs;
They^[c] pierced my hands and ripped a hole in my feet.
¹⁷ I count all my bones;
    people gawk and stare at me.
¹⁸ They make a game out of dividing my clothes among themselves;
    they cast lots for the clothes on my back.

¹⁹ But You, O Eternal, stay close;
    O You, my help, hurry to my side.
²⁰ Save my life from violence,
    my sweet life from the teeth of the wild dog.
²¹ Rescue me from the mouth of the lion.
    From the horns of the wild oxen, You responded to my plea.

²² I will speak Your Name to my brothers and sisters
    when I praise You in the midst of the community.
²³ You who revere the Eternal, praise Him—
    descendants of Jacob, worship Him;
    be struck with wonder before Him, all you children of Israel.
²⁴ He’s not put off
    by the suffering of the suffering one;
He doesn’t pretend He hasn’t seen him;
    when he pleaded for help, He listened.

²⁵ You stir my praise in the great assembly;
    I will fulfill my vows before those who humble their hearts before Him.
²⁶ Those who are suffering will eat and be nourished;
    those who seek Him will praise the Eternal.
    May your hearts beat strong forever!
²⁷ Those from the farthest reaches of the earth will remember
    and turn back to look for the Eternal;
All the families of the nations
    will worship You.
²⁸ The Eternal owns the world;
    He exercises His gentle rule over all the nations.

²⁹ All the wealthy of the world will eat and worship;
    all those who fall in the dust will bow before Him,
    even the life that is headed to the grave.
³⁰ Our children will serve Him;
    future generations will hear the story of how the Lord rescued us.
³¹ They will tell the generations to come
    of the righteousness of the Lord,
    of what He has done.