1  ^dMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

^eWhy are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?

2  O my God, I cry by day, ^fbut you do not answer,

and by night, but I find no rest.

3  Yet you are holy,

enthroned on the praises¹ of Israel.

4  In you our fathers trusted;

they trusted, and you delivered them.

5  To you they cried and were rescued;

^gin you they trusted and were not put to shame.

6  But I am a worm and not a man,

scorned by mankind and ^hdespised by the people.

7  All who see me ⁱmock me;

they make mouths at me; they ^jwag their heads;

8  ^k“He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him;

let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”

9  Yet ^lyou are he who took me from the womb;

you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.

10  On you was I cast from my birth,

and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

11  ^mBe not far from me,

for trouble is near,

and there is ⁿnone to help.

12  Many bulls encompass me;

strong bulls of Bashan surround me;

13  they open wide their mouths at me,

like a ravening and roaring ^olion.

14  I am poured out like water,

and all my bones are out of joint;

my heart is like wax;

it is melted within my breast;

15  my strength is dried up like a potsherd,

and my tongue sticks to my jaws;

you lay me in the dust of death.

16  For ^pdogs encompass me;

a company of evildoers encircles me;

they have ^qpierced my hands and feet²—

17  I can count all my bones—

they stare and gloat over me;

18  ^rthey divide my garments among them,

and for my clothing they cast lots.

19  But you, O Lord, do not be far off!

O you my help, ^scome quickly to my aid!

20  Deliver my soul from the sword,

my precious life from the power of the dog!

21  Save me from the mouth of the ^tlion!

You have rescued³ me from the horns of the wild oxen!