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1. For the choir director: according to "The Deer of the Dawn." A Davidic psalm. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from my deliverance and from my words of groaning?
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 upon H5921 Aijeleth H365 Shahar H7837 , A Psalm H4210 of David H1732 . My God H410 , my God H410 , why H4100 hast thou forsaken H5800 me? why art thou so far H7350 from helping H4480 H3444 me, and from the words H1697 of my roaring H7581 ?
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2. My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer, by night, yet I have no rest.
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2. O my God H430 , I cry H7121 in the daytime H3119 , but thou hearest H6030 not H3808 ; and in the night season H3915 , and am not H3808 silent H1747 .
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3. But You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
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3. But thou H859 art holy H6918 , O thou that inhabitest H3427 the praises H8416 of Israel H3478 .
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4. Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted, and You rescued them.
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4. Our fathers H1 trusted H982 in thee : they trusted H982 , and thou didst deliver H6403 them.
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5. They cried to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disgraced.
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5. They cried H2199 unto H413 thee , and were delivered H4422 : they trusted H982 in thee , and were not H3808 confounded H954 .
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6. But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by people.
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6. But I H595 am a worm H8438 , and no H3808 man H376 ; a reproach H2781 of men H120 , and despised H959 of the people H5971 .
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7. Everyone who sees me mocks me; they sneer and shake their heads:
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7. All H3605 they that see H7200 me laugh H3932 me to scorn : they shoot out H6362 the lip H8193 , they shake H5128 the head H7218 , saying ,
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8. "He relies on the LORD; let Him rescue him; let the LORD deliver him, since He takes pleasure in him."
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8. He trusted H1556 on H413 the LORD H3068 that he would deliver H6403 him : let him deliver H5337 him, seeing H3588 he delighted H2654 in him.
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9. You took me from the womb, making me secure while at my mother's breast.
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9. But H3588 thou H859 art he that took H1518 me out of the womb H4480 H990 : thou didst make me hope H982 when I was upon H5921 my mother H517 's breasts H7699 .
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10. I was given over to You at birth; You have been my God from my mother's womb.
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10. I was cast H7993 upon H5921 thee from the womb H4480 H7358 : thou H859 art my God H410 from my mother H517 's belly H4480 H990 .
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11. Do not be far from me, because distress is near and there is no one to help.
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11. Be not H408 far H7368 from H4480 me; for H3588 trouble H6869 is near H7138 ; for H3588 there is none H369 to help H5826 .
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12. Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.
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12. Many H7227 bulls H6499 have compassed H5437 me: strong H47 bulls of Bashan H1316 have beset me round H3803 .
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13. They open their mouths against me-- lions, mauling and roaring.
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13. They gaped H6475 upon H5921 me with their mouths H6310 , as a ravening H2963 and a roaring H7580 lion H738 .
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14. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting within me.
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14. I am poured out H8210 like water H4325 , and all H3605 my bones H6106 are out of joint H6504 : my heart H3820 is H1961 like wax H1749 ; it is melted H4549 in the midst H8432 of my bowels H4578 .
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15. My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death.
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15. My strength H3581 is dried up H3001 like a potsherd H2789 ; and my tongue H3956 cleaveth H1692 to my jaws H4455 ; and thou hast brought H8239 me into the dust H6083 of death H4194 .
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16. For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has closed in on me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
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16. For H3588 dogs H3611 have compassed H5437 me : the assembly H5712 of the wicked H7489 have enclosed H5362 me : they pierced H738 my hands H3027 and my feet H7272 .
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17. I can count all my bones; people look and stare at me.
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17. I may tell H5608 all H3605 my bones H6106 : they H1992 look H5027 and stare H7200 upon me.
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18. They divided my garments among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.
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18. They part H2505 my garments H899 among them , and cast H5307 lots H1486 upon H5921 my vesture H3830 .
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19. But You, LORD, don't be far away. My strength, come quickly to help me.
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19. But be not H408 thou H859 far H7368 from me , O LORD H3068 : O my strength H360 , haste H2363 thee to help H5833 me.
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20. Deliver my life from the sword, my very life from the power of the dog.
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20. Deliver H5337 my soul H5315 from the sword H4480 H2719 ; my darling H3173 from the power H4480 H3027 of the dog H3611 .
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21. Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.
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21. Save H3467 me from the lion H738 's mouth H4480 H6310 : for thou hast heard H6030 me from the horns H4480 H7161 of the unicorns H7214 .
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22. I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the congregation.
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22. I will declare H5608 thy name H8034 unto my brethren H251 : in the midst H8432 of the congregation H6951 will I praise H1984 thee.
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23. You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All you descendants of Israel, revere Him!
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23. Ye that fear H3373 the LORD H3068 , praise H1984 him; all H3605 ye the seed H2233 of Jacob H3290 , glorify H3513 him ; and fear H1481 H4480 him, all H3605 ye the seed H2233 of Israel H3478 .
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24. For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He did not hide His face from him, but listened when he cried to Him for help.
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24. For H3588 he hath not H3808 despised H959 nor H3808 abhorred H8262 the affliction H6039 of the afflicted H6041 ; neither H3808 hath he hid H5641 his face H6440 from H4480 him ; but when he cried H7768 unto H413 him , he heard H8085 .
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25. I will give praise in the great congregation because of You; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.
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25. My praise H8416 shall be of H4480 H854 thee in the great H7227 congregation H6951 : I will pay H7999 my vows H5088 before H5048 them that fear H3373 him.
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26. The humble will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
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26. The meek H6035 shall eat H398 and be satisfied H7646 : they shall praise H1984 the LORD H3068 that seek H1875 him : your heart H3824 shall live H2421 forever H5703 .
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27. All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before You,
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27. All H3605 the ends H657 of the world H776 shall remember H2142 and turn H7725 unto H413 the LORD H3068 : and all H3605 the kindreds H4940 of the nations H1471 shall worship H7812 before H6440 thee.
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28. for kingship belongs to the LORD; He rules over the nations.
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28. For H3588 the kingdom H4410 is the LORD H3068 's : and he is the governor H4910 among the nations H1471 .
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29. All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down; all those who go down to the dust will kneel before Him-- even the one who cannot preserve his life.
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29. All H3605 they that be fat H1879 upon earth H776 shall eat H398 and worship H7812 : all H3605 they that go down H3381 to the dust H6083 shall bow H3766 before H6440 him : and none H3808 can keep alive H2421 his own soul H5315 .
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30. Descendants will serve Him; the next generation will be told about the Lord.
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30. A seed H2233 shall serve H5647 him ; it shall be accounted H5608 to the Lord H136 for a generation H1755 .
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31. They will come and tell a people yet to be born about His righteousness-- what He has done.
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31. They shall come H935 , and shall declare H5046 his righteousness H6666 unto a people H5971 that shall be born H3205 , that H3588 he hath done H6213 this .
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