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2O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, and am not silent.

3Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the praise of Israel.Or Yet you are holy, / enthroned on the praises of Israel

4In you our fathers put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.

5They cried to you and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not disappointed.

6But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by men and despised by the people.

7All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads:

8“He trusts in the LORD;
let the LORD rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him.”

9Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you
even at my mother's breast.

10From birth I was cast upon you;
from my mother's womb you have been my God.

11Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.

12Many bulls surround me;
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

13Roaring lions tearing their prey
open their mouths wide against me.

14I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted away within me.

15My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay meOr / I am laid in the dust of death.

16Dogs have surrounded me;
a band of evil men has encircled me,
they have piercedSome Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts / like the lion, my hands and my feet.

17I can count all my bones;
people stare and gloat over me.

18They divide my garments among them
and cast lots for my clothing.

19But you, O LORD, be not far off;
O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

22I will declare your name to my brothers;
in the congregation I will praise you.

23You who fear the LORD, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

24For he has not despised or disdained
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.

25From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
before those who fear youHebrew him will I fulfill my vows.

26The poor will eat and be satisfied;
they who seek the LORD will praise him—
may your hearts live forever!

27All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to the LORD,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him,

28for dominion belongs to the LORD
and he rules over the nations.

29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;
all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—
those who cannot keep themselves alive.

30Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord.

31They will proclaim his righteousness
to a people yet unborn—
for he has done it.