1. Eli, Eli, lamah azavtani? [See Mt 27:46 OJBC] Why art Thou so far from my yeshuah, and from the words of my groaning?
2. [3] Elohai, I cry yomam, but Thou hearest not; and v'lailah, and am not silent.
3. [4] But Atah Kadosh, O Thou enthroned on the tehillot Yisroel.
4. [5] Avoteinu trusted in Thee; they had bitachon, and Thou didst deliver them.
5. [6] They cried unto Thee, and were delivered; they had bitachon in Thee, and were not disappointed.
6. [7] But I am a tola'at, and no ish; a reproach of men, and despised of the people [see Yeshayah 53:3 on the despised Moshiach].
7. [8] All they that see me mock me; they shoot out the lip, they shake the rosh, saying,