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1. To the director: To the tune of "The Deer of Dawn." A song of David. My God, my God, why have you left me? You seem too far away to save me, too far to hear my cries for help!
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 upon H5921 Aijeleth H365 Shahar H7837 , A Psalm H4210 of David H1732 . My God H410 , my God H410 , why H4100 hast thou forsaken H5800 me? why art thou so far H7350 from helping H4480 H3444 me, and from the words H1697 of my roaring H7581 ?
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2. My God, I kept calling by day, and I was not silent at night. But you did not answer me.
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2. O my God H430 , I cry H7121 in the daytime H3119 , but thou hearest H6030 not H3808 ; and in the night season H3915 , and am not H3808 silent H1747 .
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3. God, you are the Holy One. You sit as King upon the praises of Israel.
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3. But thou H859 art holy H6918 , O thou that inhabitest H3427 the praises H8416 of Israel H3478 .
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4. Our ancestors trusted you. Yes, they trusted you, and you saved them.
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4. Our fathers H1 trusted H982 in thee : they trusted H982 , and thou didst deliver H6403 them.
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5. They called to you for help and escaped their enemies. They trusted you and were not disappointed!
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5. They cried H2199 unto H413 thee , and were delivered H4422 : they trusted H982 in thee , and were not H3808 confounded H954 .
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6. But I feel like a worm, less than human! People insult me and look down on me.
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6. But I H595 am a worm H8438 , and no H3808 man H376 ; a reproach H2781 of men H120 , and despised H959 of the people H5971 .
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7. Everyone who sees me makes fun of me. They shake their heads and stick out their tongues at me.
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7. All H3605 they that see H7200 me laugh H3932 me to scorn : they shoot out H6362 the lip H8193 , they shake H5128 the head H7218 , saying ,
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8. They say, "Call to the Lord for help. Maybe he will save you. If he likes you so much, surely he will rescue you!"
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8. He trusted H1556 on H413 the LORD H3068 that he would deliver H6403 him : let him deliver H5337 him, seeing H3588 he delighted H2654 in him.
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9. God, the truth is, you are the one who brought me into this world. You made me feel safe while I was still at my mother's breasts.
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9. But H3588 thou H859 art he that took H1518 me out of the womb H4480 H990 : thou didst make me hope H982 when I was upon H5921 my mother H517 's breasts H7699 .
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10. You have been my God since the day I was born. I was thrown into your arms as I came from my mother's womb.
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10. I was cast H7993 upon H5921 thee from the womb H4480 H7358 : thou H859 art my God H410 from my mother H517 's belly H4480 H990 .
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11. So don't leave me! Trouble is near, and there is no one to help me.
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11. Be not H408 far H7368 from H4480 me; for H3588 trouble H6869 is near H7138 ; for H3588 there is none H369 to help H5826 .
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12. My enemies have surrounded me like angry bulls.
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12. Many H7227 bulls H6499 have compassed H5437 me: strong H47 bulls of Bashan H1316 have beset me round H3803 .
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13. Their mouths are opened wide, like a lion roaring and tearing at its prey.
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13. They gaped H6475 upon H5921 me with their mouths H6310 , as a ravening H2963 and a roaring H7580 lion H738 .
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14. My strength is gone, like water poured out on the ground. My bones have separated. My courage is gone.
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14. I am poured out H8210 like water H4325 , and all H3605 my bones H6106 are out of joint H6504 : my heart H3820 is H1961 like wax H1749 ; it is melted H4549 in the midst H8432 of my bowels H4578 .
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15. My mouth is as dry as a piece of baked pottery. My tongue is sticking to the roof of my mouth. You have left me dying in the dust.
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15. 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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16. The "dogs" are all around me� a pack of evil people has trapped me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
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16. For H3588 dogs H3611 have compassed H5437 me : the assembly H5712 of the wicked H7489 have enclosed H5362 me : they pierced H738 my hands H3027 and my feet H7272 .
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17. I can see each one of my bones. My enemies are looking at me; they just keep staring.
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17. I may tell H5608 all H3605 my bones H6106 : they H1992 look H5027 and stare H7200 upon me.
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18. They divide my clothes among themselves, and they throw lots for what I am wearing.
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18. They part H2505 my garments H899 among them , and cast H5307 lots H1486 upon H5921 my vesture H3830 .
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19. Lord, don't leave me! You are my strength� hurry and help me!
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19. But be not H408 thou H859 far H7368 from me , O LORD H3068 : O my strength H360 , haste H2363 thee to help H5833 me.
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20. Save me from the sword. Save my precious life from these dogs.
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20. Deliver H5337 my soul H5315 from the sword H4480 H2719 ; my darling H3173 from the power H4480 H3027 of the dog H3611 .
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21. Rescue me from the lion's mouth. Protect me from the horns of the bulls.
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21. Save H3467 me from the lion H738 's mouth H4480 H6310 : for thou hast heard H6030 me from the horns H4480 H7161 of the unicorns H7214 .
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22. I will tell my people about you. I will praise you in the great assembly.
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22. 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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23. Praise the Lord, all you who worship him! Honor him, you descendants of Jacob! Fear and respect him, all you people of Israel!
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23. Ye that fear H3373 the LORD H3068 , praise H1984 him; all H3605 ye the seed H2233 of Jacob H3290 , glorify H3513 him ; and fear H1481 H4480 him, all H3605 ye the seed H2233 of Israel H3478 .
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24. He does not ignore those who need help. He does not hate them. He does not turn away from them. He listens when they cry for help.
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24. For H3588 he hath not H3808 despised H959 nor H3808 abhorred H8262 the affliction H6039 of the afflicted H6041 ; neither H3808 hath he hid H5641 his face H6440 from H4480 him ; but when he cried H7768 unto H413 him , he heard H8085 .
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25. Lord, because of you I offer praise in the great assembly. In front of all these worshipers, I will do all that I promised.
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25. My praise H8416 shall be of H4480 H854 thee in the great H7227 congregation H6951 : I will pay H7999 my vows H5088 before H5048 them that fear H3373 him.
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26. Poor people, come eat and be satisfied. You who have come looking for the Lord, praise him! May your hearts be happy forever.
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26. 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 forever H5703 .
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27. May those in faraway countries remember the Lord and come back to him. May those in distant lands worship him,
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27. All H3605 the ends H657 of the world H776 shall remember H2142 and turn H7725 unto H413 the LORD H3068 : and all H3605 the kindreds H4940 of the nations H1471 shall worship H7812 before H6440 thee.
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28. because the Lord is the King. He rules all nations.
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28. For H3588 the kingdom H4410 is the LORD H3068 's : and he is the governor H4910 among the nations H1471 .
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29. The people have eaten all they wanted and bowed down to worship the Lord. Yes, everyone will bow down to him� all who are on the way to the grave, unable to hold on to life.
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29. All H3605 they that be fat H1879 upon earth H776 shall eat H398 and worship H7812 : all H3605 they that go down H3381 to the dust H6083 shall bow H3766 before H6440 him : and none H3808 can keep alive H2421 his own soul H5315 .
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30. Our descendants will serve him. Those who are not yet born will be told about him.
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30. A seed H2233 shall serve H5647 him ; it shall be accounted H5608 to the Lord H136 for a generation H1755 .
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31. Each generation will tell their children about the good things our Lord has done.
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31. They shall come H935 , and shall declare H5046 his righteousness H6666 unto a people H5971 that shall be born H3205 , that H3588 he hath done H6213 this .
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