| 1. For the conductor, on the ayeleth hashachar, a song of David. |
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א. |
| 2. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? [You are] far from my salvation [and] from the words of my moaning. |
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ב. |
| 3. My God, I call out by day and You do not reply, and at night I do not keep silent. |
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ג. |
| 4. But You are holy; You await the praises of Israel. |
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ד. |
| 5. Our ancestors trusted in You; they trusted and You rescued them. |
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ה. |
| 6. They cried out to You and they escaped; they trusted in You and they were not shamed. |
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ו. |
| 7. But I am a worm and not a man; a reproach of man, despised by peoples. |
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ז. |
| 8. All who see me will mock me; they will open their lips, they will shake their head. |
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ח. |
| 9. One should cast his trust upon the Lord, and He will rescue him; He will save him because He delights in him. |
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ט. |
| 10. For You drew me from the womb; You made me secure on my mother's breasts. |
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י. |
| 11. Upon You, I was cast from birth; from my mother's womb You are my God. |
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יא. |
| 12. Do not distance Yourself from me, for distress is near; for there is none to help. |
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יב. |
| 13. Great bulls have surrounded me; the mighty ones of Bashan encompassed me. |
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יג. |
| 14. They opened their mouth against me [like] a tearing, roaring lion. |
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יד. |
| 15. I was spilled like water, and all my bones were separated; my heart was like wax, melting within my innards. |
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טו. |
| 16. My strength became dried out like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my palate; and You set me down in the dust of death. |
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טז. |
| 17. For dogs have surrounded me; a band of evildoers has encompassed me, like a lion, my hands and feet. |
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יז. |
| 18. I tell about all my bones. They look and gloat over me. |
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יח. |
| 19. They share my garments among themselves and cast lots for my raiment. |
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יט. |
| 20. But You, O Lord, do not distance Yourself; my strength, hasten to my assistance. |
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כ. |
| 21. Save my soul from the sword, my only one from the grip of the dog. |
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כא. |
| 22. Save me from the lion's mouth, as from the horns of the wild oxen You answered me. |
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כב. |
| 23. I will tell Your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise You. |
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כג. |
| 24. You who fear the Lord, praise Him; all the seed of Jacob, honor Him, and fear Him, all the seed of Israel. |
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כד. |
| 25. For He has neither despised nor abhorred the cry of the poor, neither has He hidden His countenance from him; and when he cried out to Him, He hearkened. |
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כה. |
| 26. Because of You is my praise in the great congregation; I pay my vows in the presence of those who fear Him. |
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כו. |
| 27. The humble shall eat and be sated; they shall praise the Lord, those who seek him; your hearts shall live forever. |
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כז. |
| 28. All the ends of the earth shall remember and return to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall prostrate themselves before You. |
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כח. |
| 29. For the kingship is the Lord's, and He rules over the nations. |
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כט. |
| 30. They shall eat all the best of the earth and prostrate themselves; before Him shall all those who descend to the dust kneel, and He will not quicken his soul. |
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ל. |
| 31. The seed that worships Him; it shall be told to the generation concerning the Lord. |
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לא. |
| 32. They shall come and tell His righteousness to the newborn people, that which He has done. |
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לב. |
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