1To the choirmaster: according to The Hind of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. 2My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? 3O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest. 4Yet thou art holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. 5In thee our fathers trusted; they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 6To thee they cried, and were saved; in thee they trusted, and were not disappointed. 7But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people. 8All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads; 9"He committed his cause to the LORD; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, for he delights in him!" 10Yet thou art he who took me from the womb; thou didst keep me safe upon my mother's breasts. 11Upon thee was I cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God. 12Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help. 13Many bulls encompass me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me; 14they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion. 15I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my breast; 16my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death. 17Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet-- 18I can count all my bones-- they stare and gloat over me; 19they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots. 20But thou, O LORD, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid! 21Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog! 22Save me from the mouth of the lion, my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen! 23I will tell of thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee: 24You who fear the LORD, praise him! all you sons of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you sons of Israel! 25For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him. 26From thee comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him. 27The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live for ever! 28All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him. 29For dominion belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations. 30Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive. 31Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation, [ (Psalms 22:32) and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it. ]