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¹My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my help are the words of my groaning.

²My God, I cry out by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest.

³Yet You are holy, You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

⁴In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You rescued them.

⁵To You they cried out and they fled to safety; In You they trusted and were not disappointed.

⁶But I am a worm and not a person, A disgrace of mankind and despised by the people.

⁷All who see me deride me; They sneer, they shake their heads, saying,

⁸“Turn him over to the LORD; let Him save him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

⁹Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.

¹⁰I was cast upon You from birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

¹¹Do not be far from me, for trouble is near; For there is no one to help.

¹²Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

¹³They open their mouths wide at me, As a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like a piece of pottery, And my tongue clings to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me;

¹⁸They divide my garments among them, And they cast lots for my clothing.

¹⁹But You, LORD, do not be far away; You who are my help, hurry to my assistance.

²⁰Save my soul from the sword, My only life from the power of the dog.

²¹Save me from the lion’s mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

²²I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

²³You who fear the LORD, praise Him; All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.

²⁴For He has not despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

²⁵From You comes my praise in the great assembly; I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.

²⁶The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the LORD. May your heart live forever!

²⁷All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, And all the families of the nations will worship before You.

²⁸For the kingdom is the LORD’S And He rules over the nations.

²⁹All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship, All those who go down to the dust will kneel before Him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

³⁰A posterity will serve Him; It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.

³¹They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.

¹The LORD is my shepherd, I will not be in need.

²He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

³He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For the sake of His name.

⁴Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

⁵You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.

⁶Certainly goodness and faithfulness will follow me all the days of my life, And my dwelling will be in the house of the LORD forever.

¹The earth is the LORD’S, and all it contains, The world, and those who live in it.

²For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers.

³Who may ascend onto the hill of the LORD? And who may stand in His holy place?

⁴One who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to deceit And has not sworn deceitfully.

⁵He will receive a blessing from the LORD And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

⁶This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face—even Jacob. Selah

⁷Lift up your heads, you gates, And be lifted up, you ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in!

⁸Who is the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle.

⁹Lift up your heads, you gates, And lift them up, you ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in!

¹⁰Who is this King of glory? The LORD of armies, He is the King of glory. Selah

¹To You, LORD, I lift up my soul.

²My God, in You I trust, Do not let me be ashamed; Do not let my enemies rejoice over me.

³Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed; Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.

⁴Make me know Your ways, LORD; Teach me Your paths.

⁵Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day.

⁶Remember, LORD, Your compassion and Your faithfulness, For they have been from of old.

⁷Do not remember the sins of my youth or my wrongdoings; Remember me according to Your faithfulness, For Your goodness’ sake, LORD.

⁸The LORD is good and upright; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.

⁹He leads the humble in justice, And He teaches the humble His way.

¹⁰All the paths of the LORD are faithfulness and truth To those who comply with His covenant and His testimonies.

¹¹For the sake of Your name, LORD, Forgive my wrongdoing, for it is great.

¹²Who is the person who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.

¹³His soul will dwell in prosperity, And his descendants will inherit the land.

¹⁴The secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His covenant.

¹⁵My eyes are continually toward the LORD, For He will rescue my feet from the net.

¹⁶Turn to me and be gracious to me, For I am lonely and afflicted.

¹⁷The troubles of my heart are enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses.

¹⁸Look at my misery and my trouble, And forgive all my sins.

¹⁹Look at my enemies, for they are many, And they hate me with violent hatred.

²⁰Guard my soul and save me; Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You.

²¹Let integrity and uprightness protect me, For I wait for You.

²²Redeem Israel, God, From all his distress.

¹Vindicate me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

²Examine me, LORD, and put me to the test; Refine my mind and my heart.

³For Your goodness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.

⁴I do not sit with deceitful people, Nor will I go with pretenders.

⁵I hate the assembly of evildoers, And I will not sit with the wicked.

⁶I will wash my hands in innocence, And I will go around Your altar, LORD,

⁷That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving And declare all Your wonders.

⁸LORD, I love the dwelling of Your house, And the place where Your glory remains.

⁹Do not take my soul away along with sinners, Nor my life with men of bloodshed,

¹⁰In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.

¹¹But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; Redeem me, and be gracious to me.

¹²My foot stands on level ground; In the congregations I will bless the LORD.

¹The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom should I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; Whom should I dread?

²When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

³If an army encamps against me, My heart will not fear; If war arises against me, In spite of this I am confident.

⁴One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple.

⁵For on the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; He will hide me in the secret place of His tent; He will lift me up on a rock.

⁶And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer sacrifices in His tent with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

⁷Hear, LORD, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me.

⁸When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “I shall seek Your face, LORD.”

⁹Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not abandon me nor forsake me, God of my salvation!

¹⁰For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the LORD will take me up.

¹¹Teach me Your way, LORD, And lead me on a level path Because of my enemies.

¹²Do not turn me over to the desire of my enemies, For false witnesses have risen against me, And the violent witness.

¹³I certainly believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.

¹⁴Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.