² How long,^(A) Lord, must I call for help,
    but you do not listen?^(B)
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
    but you do not save?^(C)

¹ My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?^(A)
    Why are you so far^(B) from saving me,
    so far from my cries of anguish?^(C)
2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,^(D)
    by night,^(E) but I find no rest.^[b]

¹ How long,^(A) Lord? Will you forget me^(B) forever?
    How long will you hide your face^(C) from me?
² How long must I wrestle with my thoughts^(D)
    and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
    How long will my enemy triumph over me?^(E)

³ How long, Lord, will the wicked,
    how long will the wicked be jubilant?^(A)