the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou

hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted

in him. But thou art he that took me out of the womb:

thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

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. 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.

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced

my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare

upon me. They part my garments among them, and cast

lots upon my vesture. But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my

strength, haste thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling

from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast

heard me from the horns of the unicorns. I will declare thy name unto my brethren:

in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him,

all ye the seed of Israel. 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. My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation:

I will pay my vows before them that fear him. The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they

shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of

the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the

governor among the nations. All they that be fat upon earth shall eat

and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep

alive his own soul. A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted

to the Lord for a generation. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness

unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.