1. For the leader; according to “The deer of the dawn.” A psalm of David.
2. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?Why so far from my call for help,from my cries of anguish?
3. My God, I call by day, but you do not answer;by night, but I have no relief.
4. Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;you are the glory of Israel.
5. In you our fathers trusted;they trusted and you rescued them.
6. To you they cried out and they escaped;in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
7. But I am a worm, not a man,scorned by men, despised by the people.
8. All who see me mock me;they curl their lips and jeer;they shake their heads at me:
9. “He relied on the Lord—let him deliver him;if he loves him, let him rescue him.”
10. For you drew me forth from the womb,made me safe at my mother’s breasts.
11. Upon you I was thrust from the womb;since my mother bore me you are my God.
12. Do not stay far from me,for trouble is near,and there is no one to help.
13. Many bulls surround me;fierce bulls of Bashan encircle me.
14. They open their mouths against me,lions that rend and roar.
15. Like water my life drains away;all my bones are disjointed.My heart has become like wax,it melts away within me.
16. As dry as a potsherd is my throat;my tongue cleaves to my palate;you lay me in the dust of death.