⁹ Do not turn your back on me.
    Do not reject your servant in anger.
    You have always been my helper.
Don’t leave me now; don’t abandon me,
    O God of my salvation!

¹ My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
    Why are you so far away when I groan for help?

¹ O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever?
    How long will you look the other way?
² How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,
    with sorrow in my heart every day?
    How long will my enemy have the upper hand?

³ Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!
    Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.

⁸ O Hope of Israel, our Savior in times of trouble,
    why are you like a stranger to us?
Why are you like a traveler passing through the land,
    stopping only for the night?

¹⁴ O Lord, why do you reject me?
    Why do you turn your face from me?

²⁴ Why do you look the other way?
    Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression?

¹ God is our refuge and strength,
    always ready to help in times of trouble.

⁷ Your favor, O Lord, made me as secure as a mountain.
    Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.

²⁹ But if he chooses to remain quiet,
    who can criticize him?
When he hides his face, no one can find him,
    whether an individual or a nation.