1To the chief musician upon Ayelethhashachar, a psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from saving me, and from the words of my loud complaint? 2O my God! I call in the daytime, but thou answerest not; and in the night I find no rest. 3But thou art holy, O thou that dwellest amidst the praises of Israel. 4In thee did our fathers trust: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5Unto thee they cried, and were delivered: in thee they trusted, and were not put to shame. 6But I am a worm, and not a man, a reproach of men, and despised of people. 7All those who see me laugh me to scorn: they draw open their lips, they shake their head, saying, 8"Let him throw himself on the Lord, that he may deliver him: he will save him, for he delighteth in him." 9Yea, thou art he that took me from the womb: thou hast been my trust when I hung on my mothers breasts. 10Upon thee was I cast from my birth: from my mothers womb art thou my God. 11Oh be not far from me now; for distress is near; for there is none to help. 12Many steers have encompassed me: the strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13They have opened wide against me their mouth, as a ravenous and roaring lion. 14Like water am I poured out, and all my bones are disjointed: my heart is become like wax, it is melted in the midst of my entrails. 15Like a potsherd is my strength dried up; and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and into the dust of death hast thou laid me down. 16For dogs have encompassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: like lions they threaten my hands and my feet. 17I may number all my bones: while they stare and look upon me. 18They divide my clothes among themselves, and for my garment do they cast lots. 19But thou, O Lord, be not far from me: O thou who art my strength, hasten to my aid. 20Deliver from the sword my life, from the power of the dog my solitary soul. 21Save me from the lions mouth; as thou hast answered me from the horns of the reem. 22I will relate thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 23Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and be in dread of him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor; neither hath he hidden his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. 25Of thee shall be my praise in a great assembly: my vows will I pay in the presence of those who fear him. 26The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they who seek him shall praise the Lord: may your heart live for ever. 27All the ends of the world shall remember and return unto the Lord: and all the families of the nations shall bow themselves down before thee. 28For the kingdom is the Lords, and he governeth the nations. 29All they that eat the fat of the earth shall bow themselves down; before him shall bend the knee all that are going down into the dust; for none can keep alive his own soul. 30Distant ages shall serve him; there shall be related of the Lord unto future generations. 31They will come, and will tell his righteousness unto a people yet unborn, that he hath done this.