Dual Panel1For the leader: set to “Hind of the Dawn”: a psalm: for David MY God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from heeding my groans?
2My God, by day I cry to you, but there is no answer; in the night I cry with no respite.
3You, the praise of Israel, are enthroned in the sanctuary.
4In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted, and you rescued them.
5To you they cried and were delivered; in you they trusted and were not discomfited.
6But I am a worm, not a man, abused by everyone, scorned by the people.
7All who see me jeer at me, grimace at me, and wag their heads:
8“He threw himself on the LORD for rescue; let the LORD deliver him, for he holds him dear!”
9But you are he who brought me from the womb, who laid me at my mother's breast.
10To your care I was entrusted at birth; from my mother's womb you have been my God.
11Do not remain far from me, for trouble is near and I have no helper.
12A herd of bulls surrounds me, great bulls of Bashan beset me.
13Lions ravening and roaring open their mouths wide against me.
14My strength drains away like water and all my bones are racked. My heart has turned to wax and melts within me.
15My mouth is dry as a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my gums; I am laid low in the dust of death.
16Hounds are all about me; a band of ruffians rings me round, and they have bound me hand and foot.
17I tell my tale of misery, while they look on gloating.
18They share out my clothes among them and cast lots for my garments.
19But do not remain far away, LORD; you are my help, come quickly to my aid.
20Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the axe.
21Save me from the lion's mouth, this poor body from the horns of the wild ox.
22I shall declare your fame to my associates, praising you in the midst of the assembly.
23You that fear the LORD, praise him; hold him in honour, all you descendants of Jacob, revere him, you descendants of Israel.
24For he has not scorned him who is downtrodden, nor shrunk in loathing from his plight, nor hidden his face from him, but he has listened to his cry for help.
25You inspire my praise in the great assembly; I shall fulfil my vows in the sight of those who fear you.
26Let the humble eat and be satisfied. Let those who seek the LORD praise him. May you always be in good heart!
27Let all the ends of the earth remember and turn again to the LORD; let all the families of the nations bow before him.
28For kingly power belongs to the LORD; dominion over the nations is his.
29How can those who sleep in the earth do him homage, how can those who go down to the grave do obeisance? But I shall live for his sake;
30my descendants will serve him. The coming generation will be told of the LORD;
31they will make known his righteous deeds, declaring to a people yet unborn: “The LORD has acted.”