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For the Chief Musician; set to Aijaleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of
David. |
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My YAHUVEH, my YAHUVEH, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so
far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? |
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O my YAHUVEH, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the
night season, and am not silent. |
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But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. |
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Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. |
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They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were
not put to shame. |
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But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the
people. |
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All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they
shake the head, saying, |
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Commit thyself unto YAHUVEH; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue
him, seeing he delighteth in him. |
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But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust
when I was upon my mother's breasts. |
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I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my YAHUVEH since my mother
bare me. |
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Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help. |
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Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me
round. |
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They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a 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 me. |
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My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my
jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death. |
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For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;
They pierced my hands and my feet. |
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I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me. |
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They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots. |
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But be not thou far off, O YAHUVEH: O thou my succor, haste thee to help
me. |
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Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog. |
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Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou
hast answered me. |
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I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly
will I praise thee. |
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Ye that fear YAHUVEH, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;
And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel. |
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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. |
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Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows
before them that fear him. |
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The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise YAHUVEH that seek
after him: Let your heart live for ever. |
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All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto YAHUVEH; And all
the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. |
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For the kingdom is YAHUVEH's; And he is the ruler over the nations. |
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All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go
down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul
alive. |
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A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Master unto the next
generation. |
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They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that
shall be born, that he hath done it. |