1 Deus meu, Deus meu, por que me desamparaste?

Por que se acham longe de minha salvação as palavras de meu bramido?

2 Deus meu, clamo de dia, e não me respondes;

também de noite, porém não tenho sossego.

3 Contudo, tu és santo,

entronizado entre os louvores de Israel.

4 Nossos pais confiaram em ti;

confiaram, e os livraste.

5 A ti clamaram e se livraram;

confiaram em ti e não foram confundidos.

6 Mas eu sou verme e não homem;

opróbrio dos homens e desprezado do povo.

7 Todos os que me veem zombam de mim;

afrouxam os lábios e meneiam a cabeça:

8 Confiou no Senhor! Livre-o ele;

salve-o, pois nele tem prazer.

9 Contudo, tu és quem me fez nascer;

e me preservaste, estando eu ainda ao seio de minha mãe.

10 A ti me entreguei desde o meu nascimento;

desde o ventre de minha mãe, tu és meu Deus.

11 Não te distancies de mim,

porque a tribulação está próxima,

e não há quem me acuda.

12 Muitos touros me cercam,

fortes touros de Basã me rodeiam.

13 Contra mim abrem a boca,

como faz o leão que despedaça e ruge.

14 Derramei-me como água,

e todos os meus ossos se desconjuntaram;

meu coração fez-se como cera,

derreteu-se dentro de mim.

15 Secou-se o meu vigor, como um caco de barro,

e a língua se me apega ao céu da boca;

assim, me deitas no pó da morte.

16 Cães me cercam;

uma súcia de malfeitores me rodeia;

traspassaram-me as mãos e os pés.

17 Posso contar todos os meus ossos;

eles me estão olhando e encarando em mim.

18 Repartem entre si as minhas vestes

e sobre a minha túnica deitam sortes.

19 Tu, porém, Senhor, não te afastes de mim;

força minha, apressa-te em socorrer-me.

20 Livra a minha alma da espada,

e, das presas do cão, a minha vida.

21 Salva-me das fauces do leão

e dos chifres dos búfalos;

sim, tu me respondes.

22 A meus irmãos declararei o teu nome;

cantar-te-ei louvores no meio da congregação;

23 vós que temeis o Senhor, louvai-o;

glorificai-o, vós todos, descendência de Jacó;

reverenciai-o, vós todos, posteridade de Israel.

24 Pois não desprezou, nem abominou

a dor do aflito,

nem ocultou dele o rosto,

mas o ouviu, quando lhe gritou por socorro.

25 De ti vem o meu louvor na grande congregação;

cumprirei os meus votos na presença dos que o temem.

26 Os sofredores hão de comer e fartar-se;

louvarão o Senhor os que o buscam.

Viva para sempre o vosso coração.

27 Lembrar-se-ão do Senhor e a ele se converterão os confins da terra;

perante ele se prostrarão

todas as famílias das nações.

28 Pois do Senhor é o reino,

é ele quem governa as nações.

29 Todos os opulentos da terra hão de comer e adorar,

e todos os que descem ao pó se prostrarão perante ele,

até aquele que não pode preservar a própria vida.

30 A posteridade o servirá;

falar-se-á do Senhor à geração vindoura.

31 Hão de vir anunciar a justiça dele;

ao povo que há de nascer, contarão que foi ele quem o fez.

1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not;

And in the night season, and am not silent.

3 But thou art holy,

O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

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 put to shame.

6 But I am a worm, and no man;

A reproach of men, and despised of the people.

7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn:

They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

8 Commit thyself unto Jehovah;

let him deliver him:

Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb;

Thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

10 I was cast upon thee from the womb;

Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near;

For there is none to help.

12 Many bulls have compassed me;

Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They gape upon me with their mouth,

As a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water,

And all my bones are out of joint:

My heart is like wax;

It is melted within me.

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:

A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;

They pierced my hands and my feet.

17 I may count all my bones.

They look and stare upon me;

18 They part my garments among them,

And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

19 But be not thou far off, O Jehovah:

O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword,

My darling from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion’s mouth;

Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren:

In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.

23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him;

All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;

And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.

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 Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly:

I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied;

They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him:

Let your heart live for ever.

27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah;

And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

28 For the kingdom is Jehovah’s;

And he is the ruler over the nations.

29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship:

All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him,

Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

30 A seed shall serve him;

It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.

31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness

Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?

2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. [^1]

3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises. [^2]

4 In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.

5 To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.

8 "He trusts in the LORD," they say, "let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."

9 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother's breast.

10 From birth I was cast on you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.

11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

13 Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.

14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.

15 My mouth "is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

16 Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce "my hands and my feet.

17 All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.

18 They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.

19 But you, LORD, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.

20 Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.

21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.

22 I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.

23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

24 For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.

25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you "I will fulfill my vows.

26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him — may your hearts live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,

28 for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.

29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him — those who cannot keep themselves alive.

30 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.

31 They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it!