⁶ But I am a ^(J)worm and not a person,
A ^(K)disgrace of mankind and ^(L)despised by the people.
⁷ All who see me ^(M)deride me;
They ^[g]sneer, they ^(N)shake their heads, saying,
⁸ “^[h]Turn ^[i]him over to the Lord; ^(O)let Him save him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

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

^11 (R)Do not be far from me, for ^[k]trouble is near;
For there is ^(S)no one to help.
¹² Many ^(T)bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of ^(U)Bashan have encircled me.
¹³ They ^(V)open their mouths wide at me,
As a ravening and roaring ^(W)lion.
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 ^[l]me.
¹⁵ My ^(AA)strength is dried up like a piece of pottery,
And ^(AB)my tongue clings to my jaws;
And You ^(AC)lay me ^[m]in the dust of death.
¹⁶ For ^(AD)dogs have surrounded me;
^[n]A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
^[o]They ^(AE)pierced my hands and my feet.
¹⁷ I can count all my bones.
^(AF)They look, they stare at me;
¹⁸ They ^(AG)divide my garments among them,
And they cast lots for my clothing.

¹⁹ But You, Lord, ^(AH)do not be far away;
You who are my help, ^(AI)hurry to my assistance.
²⁰ Save my ^[p]soul from ^(AJ)the sword,
My ^(AK)only life from the ^[q]power of the dog.
²¹ Save me from the ^(AL)lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the ^(AM)wild oxen You ^(AN)answer me.

²² I will ^(AO)proclaim Your name to my brothers;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
^23 (AP)You who fear the Lord, praise Him;
All you ^[r]descendants of Jacob, ^(AQ)glorify Him,
And ^(AR)stand in awe of Him, all you ^[s]descendants of Israel.
²⁴ For He has ^(AS)not despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He ^(AT)hidden His face from him;
But ^(AU)when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

²⁵ From You comes ^(AV)my praise in the great assembly;
I shall ^(AW)pay my vows before those who fear Him.
²⁶ The ^[t]afflicted will eat and ^(AX)be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will ^(AY)praise the Lord.
May your ^(AZ)heart live forever!
²⁷ All the ^(BA)ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the ^(BB)families of the nations will worship before ^[u]You.
²⁸ For the ^(BC)kingdom is the Lord’s
And He ^(BD)rules over the nations.
²⁹ All the ^[v](BE)prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who ^(BF)go down to the dust will kneel before Him,
Even he who ^[w](BG)cannot keep his soul alive.
³⁰ A ^[x](BH)posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of 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 performed it.