“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”^[a](M)

⁴ You are my King^(M) and my God,^(N)
    who decrees^[c] victories^(O) for Jacob.
⁵ Through you we push back^(P) our enemies;
    through your name we trample^(Q) our foes.
⁶ I put no trust in my bow,^(R)
    my sword does not bring me victory;
⁷ but you give us victory^(S) over our enemies,
    you put our adversaries to shame.^(T)
8 In God we make our boast^(U) all day long,^(V)
    and we will praise your name forever.^[d](W)

⁹ But now you have rejected^(X) and humbled us;^(Y)
    you no longer go out with our armies.^(Z)
10 You made us retreat^(AA) before the enemy,
    and our adversaries have plundered^(AB) us.
¹¹ You gave us up to be devoured like sheep^(AC)
    and have scattered us among the nations.^(AD)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,^(AE)
    gaining nothing from their sale.

¹³ You have made us a reproach^(AF) to our neighbors,^(AG)
    the scorn^(AH) and derision^(AI) of those around us.
¹⁴ You have made us a byword^(AJ) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads^(AK) at us.
¹⁵ I live in disgrace^(AL) all day long,
    and my face is covered with shame^(AM)
16 at the taunts^(AN) of those who reproach and revile^(AO) me,
    because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.^(AP)

¹⁷ All this came upon us,
    though we had not forgotten^(AQ) you;
    we had not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸ Our hearts had not turned^(AR) back;
    our feet had not strayed from your path.
¹⁹ But you crushed^(AS) us and made us a haunt for jackals;^(AT)
    you covered us over with deep darkness.^(AU)

²⁰ If we had forgotten^(AV) the name of our God
    or spread out our hands to a foreign god,^(AW)
21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?^(AX)
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep^(AY) to be slaughtered.^(AZ)

²³ Awake,^(BA) Lord! Why do you sleep?^(BB)
    Rouse yourself!^(BC) Do not reject us forever.^(BD)
24 Why do you hide your face^(BE)
    and forget^(BF) our misery and oppression?^(BG)

²⁵ We are brought down to the dust;^(BH)
    our bodies cling to the ground.
²⁶ Rise up^(BI) and help us;
    rescue^(BJ) us because of your unfailing love.^(BK)

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)