4. Our ancestors trusted you.They trusted you, and you saved them.
5. They called to you for help.And they were rescued.They trusted you.And they were not disappointed.
6. But I am like a worm instead of a man.Men make fun of me.They look down on me.
7. Everyone who looks at me laughs.They stick out their tongues.They shake their heads.
8. They say, “Turn to the Lord for help.Maybe he will save you.If he likes you,maybe he will rescue you.”
9. You had my mother give birth to me.You made me trust youwhile I was just a baby.
10. I have leaned on you since the day I was born.You have been my God since my mother gave birth to me.
11. So don’t be far away from me.Now trouble is near,and there is no one to help.
12. Men have surrounded me like angry bulls.The strong bulls of Bashan are on every side.
13. Like hungry, roaring lionsthey open their jaws at me.
14. My strength is gonelike water poured out onto the ground.All my bones are out of joint.My heart is like wax.It has melted inside me.
15. My strength has dried up like a piece of a broken pot.My tongue sticks to the top of my mouth.You laid me in the dust of death.