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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;you are the one Israel praises.
In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
To you they cried out and were saved;in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
But I am a worm and not a man,scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
All who see me mock me;they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,“let the Lord rescue him.Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”
Yet you brought me out of the womb;you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
From birth I was cast on you;from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
Do not be far from me,for trouble is nearand there is no one to help.
Many bulls surround me;strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
Roaring lions that tear their preyopen their mouths wide against me.
I am poured out like water,and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
My mouth is dried up like a potsherd,and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;you lay me in the dust of death.
Dogs surround me,a pack of villains encircles me;they pierce my hands and my feet.
All my bones are on display;people stare and gloat over me.
They divide my clothes among themand cast lots for my garment.
But you, Lord, do not be far from me.You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
Deliver me from the sword,my precious life from the power of the dogs.
Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
