1 For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David.
2 O God, my God, attend to me : why hast thou forsaken me ? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation. Notesn1 Mat. 27. 46.
3 O my God, I will cry to thee by day, but thou wilt not hear : and by night, and it shall not be accounted for folly to me.
4 But thou, the praise of Israel, dwellest in a sanctuary.
5 Our fathers hoped in thee ; they hoped, and thou didst deliver them.
6 They cried to thee, and were saved : they hoped in thee, and were not ashamed.
7 But I am a worm, and not a man ; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people.
8 All that saw me mocked me : they spoke with their lips, they shook the head, saying,
9 He hoped in the Lord : let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him.
10 For thou art he that drew me out of the womb ; my hope from my mother's breasts.
11 I was cast on thee from the womb : thou art my God from my mother's belly.
12 Stand not aloof from me ; for affliction is near ; for there is no helper.
13 Many bullocks have compassed me : fat bulls have beset me round. Notesn1 Gr. calves.
14 They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and roaring lion.
15 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are loosened : my heart in the midst of my belly is become like melting wax.
16 My strength is dried up like a potsherd ; and my tongue is glued to my throat ; and thou hast brought me down to the dust of death.
17 For many dogs have compassed me : the assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round : they pierced my hands and my feet.
18 They counted all my bones ; and they observed and looked upon me.
19 They parted my garments among themselves, and cast lots upon my raiment. Notesn1 Mat. 27. 35.
20 But thou, O Lord, remove not my help afar off : be ready for mine aid.
21 Deliver my soul from the sword ; my only-begotten one from the power of the dog.
22 Save me from the lion's mouth ; and regard my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns. Notesn1 See Hebrew.
23 I will declare thy name to my brethren : in the midst of the church will I sing praise to thee.
24 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him ; all ye seed of Jacob, glorify him : let all the seed of Israel fear him.
25 For he has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor ; nor turned away his face from me ; but when I cried to him, he heard me.
26 My praise is of thee in the great congregation : I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
27 The poor shall eat and be satisfied ; and they shall praise the Lord that seek him : their heart shall live for ever.
28 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord : and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him.
29 For the kingdom is the Lord's ; and he is the governor of the nations.
30 All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and worshipped : all that go down to the earth shall fall down before him : my soul also lives to him.
31 And my seed shall serve him : the generation that is coming shall be reported to the Lord.
32 And they shall report his righteousness to the people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made.