² O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,
    and you will not listen?
Or cry to you “Violence!”
    and you will not save?^(A)

¹ My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
    Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?^(A)
2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
    and by night but find no rest.^(B)

⁸ though I call and cry for help,
    he shuts out my prayer;^(A)

⁹ Why should you be like someone confused,
    like a mighty warrior who cannot give help?
Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us,
    and we are called by your name;
    do not forsake us!^(A)

¹ How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
    How long will you hide your face from me?^(A)
2 How long must I bear pain^[a] in my soul
    and have sorrow in my heart all day long?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?^(B)

³ O Lord, how long shall the wicked,
    how long shall the wicked exult?^(A)