This is the psalm quoted by Jesus as he died on the cross.
My God, where are you?
Why have you abandoned me?
Day and night I cry out,
but you are silent.
Still, you are the Holy One,
enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
Our forebears trusted in you and were saved in their distress,
but today they laugh at me for trusting in you.
I am a worm, hardly human,
everyone spits and laughs me to scorn.
Do not leave me in the lurch,
you who have kept me safely from the day I was born.
Save me from those who jostle me, who are closing in,
like a pack of wild dogs hunting me down.
I am poured out like water, all my bones are out of joint,
my heart in my breast is like melting wax.
I am reduced to skin and bone, stripped of everything,
they have shared out my coat and my shirt between them.
Save me, O Lord, come back and help me,
save my poor little life from the lion’s mouth.
Yes! You have answered me! Praise the Lord!
I will tell everyone and praise your name.
God does not ignore the poor and suffering ones,
he listens to those who cry to him.
All the world shall turn to God
in worship and praise together.
I will praise him for saving me, and so will my children,
their descendants for ever will praise the Lord.
tRuth 2018
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