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To the chief Musician[H5329] upon Aijeleth[H365]Shahar[H7837], A Psalm[H4210] of David[H1732]. My God[H410], my God[H410], why hast thou forsaken[H5800] me? why art thou so far[H7350] from helping[H3444] me, and from the words[H1697] of my roaring?[H7581]
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O my God[H430], I cry[H7121] in the daytime[H3119], but thou hearest[H6030] not; and in the night season[H3915], and am not silent[H1747].
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But thou art holy[H6918], O thou that inhabitest[H3427] the praises[H8416] of Israel[H3478].
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Our fathers[H1]trusted[H982] in thee: they trusted[H982], and thou didst deliver[H6403] them.
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They cried[H2199] unto thee, and were delivered[H4422]: they trusted[H982] in thee, and were not confounded[H954].
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But I am a worm[H8438], and no man[H376]; a reproach[H2781] of men[H120], and despised[H959] of the people[H5971].
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All they that see[H7200] me laugh me to scorn[H3932]: they shoot out[H6358] the lip[H8193], they shake[H5128] the head[H7218], saying,
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He trusted[H1556] on the LORD[H3068] that he would deliver[H6403] him: let him deliver[H5337] him, seeing he delighted[H2654] in him.
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But thou art he that took[H1518] me out of the womb[H990]: thou didst make me hope[H982] when I was upon my mother's breasts[H7699].
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I was cast[H7993] upon thee from the womb[H7358]: thou art my God[H410] from my mother's belly[H990].
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Be not far[H7368] from me; for trouble[H6869] is near[H7138]; for there is none to help[H5826].
12Many[H7227]bulls[H6499] have compassed[H5437] me: strong[H47]bulls[H6499] of Bashan[H1316] have beset me round[H3803].
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They gaped[H6475] upon me with their mouths[H6310], as a ravening[H2963] and a roaring[H7580]lion[H738].
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I am poured out[H8210] like water[H4325], and all my bones[H6106] are out[H8210] of joint[H6504]: my heart[H3820] is like wax[H1749]; it is melted[H4549] in the midst[H8432] of my bowels[H4578].
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My strength[H3581] is dried up[H3001] like a potsherd[H2789]; and my tongue[H3956]cleaveth[H1692] to my jaws[H4455]; and thou hast brought[H8239] me into the dust[H6083] of death[H4194].
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For dogs[H3611] have compassed[H5437] me: the assembly[H5712] of the wicked[H7489] have inclosed[H5362] me: they pierced[H3738] my hands[H3027] and my feet[H7272].
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I may tell[H5608] all my bones[H6106]: they look[H5027] and stare[H7200] upon me.
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They part[H2505] my garments[H899] among them, and cast[H5307]lots[H1486] upon my vesture[H3830].
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But be not thou far[H7368] from me, O LORD[H3068]: O my strength[H360], haste[H2363] thee to help[H5833] me.
20Deliver[H5337] my soul[H5315] from the sword[H2719]; my darling[H3173] from the power[H3027] of the dog[H3611].
21Save[H3467] me from the lion's mouth[H6310]: for thou hast heard[H6030] me from the horns[H7161] of the unicorns[H7214].
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I will declare[H5608] thy name[H8034] unto my brethren[H251]: in the midst[H8432] of the congregation[H6951] will I praise[H1984] thee.
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Ye that fear[H3373] the LORD[H3068], praise[H1984] him; all ye the seed[H2233] of Jacob[H3290], glorify[H3513] him; and fear[H1481] him, all ye the seed[H2233] of Israel[H3478].
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For he hath not despised[H959] nor abhorred[H8262] the affliction[H6039] of the afflicted[H6041]; neither hath he hid[H5641] his face[H6440] from him; but when he cried[H7768] unto him, he heard[H8085].
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My praise[H8416] shall be of thee in the great[H7227]congregation[H6951]: I will pay[H7999] my vows[H5088] before them that fear[H3373] him.
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The meek[H6035] shall eat[H398] and be satisfied[H7646]: they shall praise[H1984] the LORD[H3068] that seek[H1875] him: your heart[H3824] shall live[H2421] for ever[H5703].
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All the ends[H657] of the world[H776] shall remember[H2142] and turn[H7725] unto the LORD[H3068]: and all the kindreds[H4940] of the nations[H1471] shall worship[H7812]before[H6440] thee.
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For the kingdom[H4410] is the LORD'S: and he is the governor[H4910] among the nations[H1471].
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All they that be fat[H1879] upon earth[H776] shall eat[H398] and worship[H7812]: all they that go down[H3381] to the dust[H6083] shall bow[H3766]before[H6440] him: and none can keep alive[H2421] his own soul[H5315].
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A seed[H2233] shall serve[H5647] him; it shall be accounted[H5608] to the Lord[H136] for a generation[H1755].
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They shall come[H935], and shall declare[H5046] his righteousness[H6666] unto a people[H5971] that shall be born[H3205], that he hath done[H6213] this.