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To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? Aijeleth...: or, the hind of the morning helping...: Heb. my salvation
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O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. am...: Heb. there is no silence to me
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But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
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Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
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They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
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But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
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All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying , shoot...: Heb. open
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He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. He trusted...: Heb. He rolled himself on seeing...: or, if he delight in
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But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. didst...: or, kept me in safety
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I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
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Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. none...: Heb. not a helper
[12]
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
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They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. gaped...: Heb. opened their mouths against me
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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. out of...: or, sundered
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My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
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I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
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They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
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But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
[20]
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. my darling: Heb. my only one power: Heb. hand
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Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
[22]
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
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Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
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For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
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My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
[26]
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
[27]
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
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For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
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All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
[30]
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
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They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this .

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