To the conductor, upon the doe of the dawn, a melody of David.1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? You are distant from my salvation, from the words of my roaring.2My God, I call by day, and you do not answer, and by night, and there is no silence for me.3Yet you are holy, the one who dwells amid the praises of Israel.4In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you caused them to escape.5To you they cried out and escaped; in you they trusted and were not ashamed.6But I am a worm and not a man, a reproach of man and despised by the people.7All who see me mock me; they part their lips and shake their heads.8Roll to the LORD; let him cause him to escape; let him rescue him, for he delights in him.9For you are the one who brought me forth from the belly, who made me trust upon my mother's breasts.10Upon you I was cast from the womb; from the belly of my mother you are my God.11Do not be far from me, for distress is near and there is no one to help.12Many bulls have surrounded me; mighty ones of Bashan have encircled me.13They open their mouths at me like a lion tearing and roaring.14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are separated; my heart has become like wax, melting within my belly.15My strength has withered like earthenware, my tongue clings to my jaws, and you have laid me in the dust of death.16For dogs have surrounded me, a congregation of evildoers has encircled me; like a lion, my hands and my feet.17I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.18They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.19But you, O LORD, do not be far; my strength, hasten to my help.20Rescue my soul from the sword, my only one from the hand of the dog.21Save me from the mouth of the lion and from the horns of the wild oxen; you have answered me.22I will proclaim your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.23You who fear the LORD, praise him; all you offspring of Jacob, honor him; stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel.24For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, nor has he hidden his face from them, but has heard their cry to him.25From you comes my praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.26The poor shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD shall praise him; may your hearts live forever.27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall bow before you.28For dominion belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.29All the fat ones of the land have eaten and bowed down; all who go down to the dust shall bow before him, and his soul he has not kept alive.30Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the LORD to the coming generation.31They shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet to be born, for he has done it.