³ Look on me^(F) and answer,^(G) Lord my God.
    Give light to my eyes,^(H) or I will sleep in death,^(I)
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,^(J)”
    and my foes will rejoice when I fall.^(K)

⁵ But I trust in your unfailing love;^(L)
    my heart rejoices in your salvation.^(M)
6 I will sing^(N) the Lord’s praise,
    for he has been good to me.

³ Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;^(F)
    you are the one Israel praises.^[c](G)
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
    they trusted and you delivered them.^(H)
5 To you they cried out^(I) and were saved;
    in you they trusted^(J) and were not put to shame.^(K)

⁶ But I am a worm^(L) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,^(M) despised^(N) by the people.
⁷ All who see me mock me;^(O)
    they hurl insults,^(P) shaking their heads.^(Q)
8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.^(R)
Let him deliver him,^(S)
    since he delights^(T) in him.”

⁹ Yet you brought me out of the womb;^(U)
    you made me trust^(V) in you, even at my mother’s breast.
¹⁰ From birth^(W) I was cast on you;
    from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

¹¹ Do not be far from me,^(X)
    for trouble is near^(Y)
    and there is no one to help.^(Z)

¹² Many bulls^(AA) surround me;^(AB)
    strong bulls of Bashan^(AC) encircle me.
¹³ Roaring lions^(AD) that tear their prey^(AE)
    open their mouths wide^(AF) against me.
¹⁴ I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.^(AG)
My heart has turned to wax;^(AH)
    it has melted^(AI) within me.
¹⁵ My mouth^[d] is dried up like a potsherd,^(AJ)
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;^(AK)
    you lay me in the dust^(AL) of death.

¹⁶ Dogs^(AM) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce^[e](AN) my hands and my feet.
¹⁷ All my bones are on display;
    people stare^(AO) and gloat over me.^(AP)
18 They divide my clothes among them
    and cast lots^(AQ) for my garment.^(AR)

¹⁹ But you, Lord, do not be far from me.^(AS)
    You are my strength;^(AT) come quickly^(AU) to help me.^(AV)
20 Deliver me from the sword,^(AW)
    my precious life^(AX) from the power of the dogs.^(AY)
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;^(AZ)
    save me from the horns of the wild oxen.^(BA)

²² I will declare your name to my people;
    in the assembly^(BB) I will praise you.^(BC)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!^(BD)
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!^(BE)
    Revere him,^(BF) all you descendants of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised^(BG) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;^(BH)
he has not hidden his face^(BI) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.^(BJ)

²⁵ From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;^(BK)
    before those who fear you^[f] I will fulfill my vows.^(BL)
26 The poor will eat^(BM) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—^(BN)
    may your hearts live forever!

²⁷ All the ends of the earth^(BO)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,^(BP)
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord^(BQ)
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹ All the rich^(BR) of the earth will feast and worship;^(BS)
    all who go down to the dust^(BT) will kneel before him—
    those who cannot keep themselves alive.^(BU)
30 Posterity^(BV) will serve him;
    future generations^(BW) will be told about the Lord.
³¹ They will proclaim his righteousness,^(BX)
    declaring to a people yet unborn:^(BY)
    He has done it!^(BZ)

³ I am overwhelmed with troubles^(C)
    and my life draws near to death.^(D)
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;^(E)
    I am like one without strength.^(F)
5 I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off^(G) from your care.

⁶ You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.^(H)
7 Your wrath^(I) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.^[d](J)
8 You have taken from me my closest friends^(K)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined^(L) and cannot escape;^(M)
9     my eyes^(N) are dim with grief.

I call^(O) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands^(P) to you.
¹⁰ Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?^(Q)
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness^(R) in Destruction^[e]?
¹² Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

¹³ But I cry to you for help,^(S) Lord;
    in the morning^(T) my prayer comes before you.^(U)
14 Why, Lord, do you reject^(V) me
    and hide your face^(W) from me?

¹⁵ From my youth^(X) I have suffered^(Y) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors^(Z) and am in despair.^(AA)
16 Your wrath^(AB) has swept over me;
    your terrors^(AC) have destroyed me.
¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;^(AD)
    they have completely engulfed me.
¹⁸ You have taken from me friend^(AE) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.