1. My ·God my ·God why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?
2. My God I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
3. And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.
4. Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.
5. They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.
6. But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
7. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying:
8. Commit it to Jehovah--let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!