⁶ But I am a ^(J)worm and not a man,
A ^(K)reproach of men and ^(L)despised by the people.
⁷ All who see me ^(M)mock me;
They ^[g]smack their lip, they ^(N)wag their head, saying,
⁸ “^[h]Commit yourself to Yahweh; ^(O)let Him rescue him;
Let Him deliver him, because He delights in him.”

⁹ Yet You are He who ^(P)brought me out of the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
¹⁰ Upon You I was cast ^(Q)from ^[i]birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

^11 (R)Be not far from me, for ^[j]distress is near;
For there is ^(S)none to help.
¹² Many ^(T)bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of ^(U)Bashan have encircled me.
¹³ They ^(V)open wide their mouth at me,
As a ^(W)lion that tears and roars.
¹⁴ I am ^(X)poured out like water,
And all my ^(Y)bones are out of joint;
My ^(Z)heart is like wax;
It is melted within ^[k]me.
¹⁵ My ^(AA)strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And ^(AB)my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You ^(AC)lay me ^[l]in the dust of death.
¹⁶ For ^(AD)dogs have surrounded me;
^[m]A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
^[n]They ^(AE)pierced my hands and my feet.
¹⁷ I count all my bones.
^(AF)They look, they stare at me;
¹⁸ They ^(AG)divide my garments among them,
And for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹ But You, O Yahweh, ^(AH)be not far off;
O my Strength, ^(AI)hasten to my help.
²⁰ Deliver my ^[o]soul from ^(AJ)the sword,
My ^(AK)only life from the ^[p]power of the dog.
²¹ Save me from the mouth of the ^(AL)lion;
From the horns of the ^(AM)wild oxen You ^(AN)have answered me.

²² I will surely ^(AO)recount Your name to my brothers;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
^23 (AP)You who fear Yahweh, praise Him;
All you seed of Jacob, ^(AQ)glorify Him,
And ^(AR)stand in awe of Him, all you seed of Israel.
²⁴ For He has ^(AS)not despised and He has not abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
And He has not ^(AT)hidden His face from him;
But ^(AU)when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

²⁵ Of You is ^(AV)my praise in the great assembly;
I shall ^(AW)pay my vows before those who fear Him.
²⁶ The ^[q]afflicted will eat and ^(AX)be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will ^(AY)praise Yahweh.
May your ^(AZ)heart live forever!
²⁷ All the ^(BA)ends of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh,
And all the ^(BB)families of the nations will worship before ^[r]You.
²⁸ For the ^(BC)kingdom is Yahweh’s
And He ^(BD)rules over the nations.
²⁹ All the ^[s](BE)prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who ^(BF)go down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he who ^[t](BG)cannot keep his soul alive.
^30 (BH)Their seed will serve Him;
It will be recounted about the Lord to ^(BI)the coming generation.
³¹ They will come and ^(BJ)will declare His righteousness
To a people ^(BK)who will be born, that He has done it.