1 To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
3 But thou
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6 But I
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head,
8 He trusted on the
9 But thou
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou
11 Be not far from me; for trouble
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong
13 They gaped upon me
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
25 My praise
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the
28 For the kingdom
29 All
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done