1 For the leader. Set to "Sunrise."A
psalm of David: My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why so far from
helping me, so far from my anguished cries?
2 My God, by day I call to you, but you
don't answer; likewise at night, but I get no relief.
3 Nevertheless, you are holy, enthroned
on the praises of Isra'el.
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted, and you rescued them.
5 They cried to you and escaped; they
trusted in you and were not disappointed.
6 But I am a worm, not a man, scorned
by everyone, despised by the people.
7 All who see me jeer at me; they sneer
and shake their heads:
8 "He committed himself to ADONAI,
so let him rescue him! Let him set him free if he takes such delight in
him!"
9 But you are the one who took me from
the womb, you made me trust when I was on my mother's breasts.
10 Since my birth I've been thrown on
you; you are my God from my mother's womb.
11 Don't stay far from me, for trouble
is near; and there is no one to help.
12 Many bulls surround me, wild bulls
of Bashan close in on me.
13 They open their mouths wide against
me, like ravening, roaring lions.
14 I am poured out like water; all my
bones are out of joint; my heart has become like wax it melts inside me;
15 my mouth is as dry as a fragment of
a pot, my tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me down in the dust of
death.
16 Dogs are all around me, a pack of
villains closes in on me like a lion [at] my hands and feet.
17 I can count every one of my bones,
while they gaze at me and gloat.
18 They divide my garments among
themselves; for my clothing they throw dice.
19 But you, ADONAI, don't stay far
away! My strength, come quickly to help me!
20 Rescue me from the sword, Or:
"They pierced my hands and feet." See Introduction, Section VIII,
paragraph 6, and Section XIV, footnote 70. my life from the power of the
dogs.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth! You
have answered me from the wild bulls' horns.
22 I will proclaim your name to my
kinsmen; right there in the assembly I will praise you:
23 "You who fear ADONAI, praise
him! All descendants of Ya'akov, glorify him! All descendants of Isra'el,
stand in awe of him!
24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the poverty of the poor; he did not hide his face from him but listened to his
cry."
25 Because of you I give praise in the
great assembly; I will fulfill my vows in the sight of those who fear
him.
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek ADONAI will praise him; Your hearts will enjoy life
forever.
27 All the ends of the earth will
remember and turn to ADONAI; all the clans of the nations will worship in your
presence.
28 For the kingdom belongs to ADONAI,
and he rules the nations.
29 All who prosper on the earth will
eat and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him, including
him who can't keep himself alive,
30 A descendant will serve him; the
next generation will be told of Adonai.
31 They will come and proclaim his
righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he is the one who did it.
