My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no
rest.
Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
“He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him; let him rescue
him, for he delights in him!”
Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's
breasts.
On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my
God.
Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.
I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the
congregation I will praise you: You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you
offspring of Israel!
For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has
not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform
before those who fear him.
The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the
Lord!
May your hearts live forever! All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn
to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who
go down to the dust,
even the one who could not keep himself alive.
Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming
generation; they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet
unborn, that he has done it.
Praise in suffering is
possible for we Know our Father and will not abandon us in suffering. The first
verse reminds us of the very words our Lord uttered as He bore our sins.
This psalm ends revealing
our Lord Jesus and His suffering on our behalf. It also foretells of the
kingship our Lord will bring.
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