³ Yet thou art holy,
    enthroned on the praises of Israel.
⁴ In thee our fathers trusted;
    they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
⁵ To thee they cried, and were saved;
    in thee they trusted, and were not disappointed.

⁶ But I am a worm, and no man;
    scorned by men, and despised by the people.
⁷ All who see me mock at me,
    they make mouths at me, they wag their heads;
⁸ “He committed his cause to the Lord; let him deliver him,
    let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”

⁹ Yet thou art he who took me from the womb;
    thou didst keep me safe upon my mother’s breasts.
¹⁰ Upon thee was I cast from my birth,
    and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God.
¹¹ Be not far from me,
    for trouble is near
    and there is none to help.

¹² Many bulls encompass me,
    strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
¹³ they open wide their mouths at me,
    like a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴ I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax,
    it is melted within my breast;
¹⁵ my strength is dried up like a potsherd,
    and my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
    thou dost lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶ Yea, dogs are round about me;
    a company of evildoers encircle me;
    they have pierced^[a] my hands and feet—
¹⁷ I can count all my bones—
    they stare and gloat over me;
¹⁸ they divide my garments among them,
    and for my raiment they cast lots.

¹⁹ But thou, O Lord, be not far off!
    O thou my help, hasten to my aid!
²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword,
    my life^[b] from the power of the dog!
²¹ Save me from the mouth of the lion,
    my afflicted soul^[c] from the horns of the wild oxen!

⁴ Blessed is the man who makes
    the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
    to those who go astray after false gods!
⁵ Thou hast multiplied, O Lord my God,
    thy wondrous deeds and thy thoughts toward us;
    none can compare with thee!
Were I to proclaim and tell of them,
    they would be more than can be numbered.

⁶ Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire;
    but thou hast given me an open ear.^[b]
Burnt offering and sin offering
    thou hast not required.
⁷ Then I said, “Lo, I come;
    in the roll of the book it is written of me;
⁸ I delight to do thy will, O my God;
    thy law is within my heart.”

⁹ I have told the glad news of deliverance
    in the great congregation;
lo, I have not restrained my lips,
    as thou knowest, O Lord.
¹⁰ I have not hid thy saving help within my heart,
    I have spoken of thy faithfulness and thy salvation;
I have not concealed thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness
    from the great congregation.

¹¹ Do not thou, O Lord, withhold
    thy mercy from me,
let thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness
    ever preserve me!
¹² For evils have encompassed me
    without number;
my iniquities have overtaken me,
    till I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head;
    my heart fails me.

¹³ Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me!
    O Lord, make haste to help me!
¹⁴ Let them be put to shame and confusion altogether
    who seek to snatch away my life;
let them be turned back and brought to dishonor
    who desire my hurt!

⁴ More in number than the hairs of my head
    are those who hate me without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
    those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
    must I now restore?
⁵ O God, thou knowest my folly;
    the wrongs I have done are not hidden from thee.

⁶ Let not those who hope in thee be put to shame through me,
    O Lord God of hosts;
let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me,
    O God of Israel.
⁷ For it is for thy sake that I have borne reproach,
    that shame has covered my face.
⁸ I have become a stranger to my brethren,
    an alien to my mother’s sons.

⁹ For zeal for thy house has consumed me,
    and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me.
¹⁰ When I humbled^[a] my soul with fasting,
    it became my reproach.
¹¹ When I made sackcloth my clothing,
    I became a byword to them.
¹² I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,
    and the drunkards make songs about me.

¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord.
    At an acceptable time, O God,
    in the abundance of thy steadfast love answer me.
With thy faithful help ¹⁴ rescue me
    from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
    and from the deep waters.
¹⁵ Let not the flood sweep over me,
    or the deep swallow me up,
    or the pit close its mouth over me.

¹⁶ Answer me, O Lord, for thy steadfast love is good;
    according to thy abundant mercy, turn to me.
¹⁷ Hide not thy face from thy servant;
    for I am in distress, make haste to answer me.
¹⁸ Draw near to me, redeem me,
    set me free because of my enemies!

¹⁹ Thou knowest my reproach,
    and my shame and my dishonor;
    my foes are all known to thee.
²⁰ Insults have broken my heart,
    so that I am in despair.
I looked for pity, but there was none;
    and for comforters, but I found none.
²¹ They gave me poison for food,
    and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²² Let their own table before them become a snare;
    let their sacrificial feasts^[b] be a trap.
²³ Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see;
    and make their loins tremble continually.