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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung to the tune 'Doe of the Dawn'
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\q1
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\v 1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
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\q2 Why do you stay so far from me,
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\q2 and why do you not listent to me?
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\q1 Why do you not hear me when I am suffering and groaning?
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\q1
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\v 2 My God, every day I call to you during the daytime, but you do not answer me.
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\q2 I call to you during the night; I am not silent at all.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 But you are holy.
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\q2 You sit on your throne as king, and we the people of Israel praise you.
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\q1
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\v 4 Our ancestors trusted in you.
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\q1 Because they trusted in you, you rescued them.
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\q1
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\v 5 When they called out to you for help, you saved them.
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\q2 They trusted in you, and they were not disappointed.
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\q1
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\v 6 But you have not rescued me!
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\q2 People despise me and consider that I am not a man;
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\q2 they think that I am a worm!
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\q1 Everyone scorns me and despises me.
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\q1
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\v 7 Everyone who sees me makes fun of me.
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\q2 They sneer at me and insult me by shaking their heads at me as though I were an evil man.
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\q1 They say,
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\q1
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\v 8 "He trusts in Yahweh,
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\q2 so Yahweh should save him!
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\q1 He says that Yahweh is very pleased with him;
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\q2 if that is so, Yahweh should rescue him!"
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\q1
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\v 9 You, God, have been with me since I was in my mother's womb,
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\q2 and you taught me to trust you when I was at my mother's breasts.
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\v 10 It was as though you had adopted me right when I was born.
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\q2 You have been my God ever since I was born.
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\q1
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\v 11 So do not stay far from me now
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\q2 because enemies who will cause me much trouble are near me,
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\q2 and there is no one else who can help me.
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\q1
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\v 12 My enemies surround me like a herd of wild bulls.
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\q2 Fierce people, like those strong bulls that graze on the hills in the region of Bashan, surround me.
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\v 13 They are like roaring lions that are attacking the animals that they want to eat;
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\q2 they rush toward me to kill me;
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\q1 they are like lions that have their mouths open, ready to chew their victims to pieces.
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\v 14 I am completely exhausted,
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\q2 and all my bones are out of their joints.
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\q1 I no longer expect that God will save me;
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\q2 I am completely discouraged.
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\v 15 My strength is all dried up
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\q2 like a broken piece of a clay jar that has dried in the sun.
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\q2 I am so thirsty that my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
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\q2 God, I think that you are about to let my body die and become dust!
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\v 16 My enemies are like wild dogs that surround me.
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\q2 A group of evil men has encircled me, ready to attack me.
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\q2 They have pierced through my hands and my feet.
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\v 17 I am so weak and thin that I can count all my bones.
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\q2 My enemies stare at me and gloat about what has happened to me.
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\v 18 They looked at the clothes that I was wearing
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\q2 and gambled to determine which piece each of them would get.
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\v 19 Yahweh, be concerned for me!
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\q2 You who are my source of strength,
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\q1 come quickly and help me!
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\v 20 Rescue me from those who want to kill me with their swords.
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\q2 Save my life from the power of those who are like wild dogs.
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\v 21 Snatch me away from my enemies who are like lions with jaws open and ready to chew me up!
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\q2 Grab me away from those men who are like wild oxen that attack other animals with their horns!
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\v 22 If you save me from them, I will declare to my fellow Israelites how great you are.
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\q2 I will praise you among the group of your people gathered together to worship you.
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\v 23 You people who have an awesome respect for Yahweh, praise him!
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\q2 All you who are descended from Jacob, honor Yahweh!
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\q2 All you Israelite people, revere him!
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\v 24 He does not despise or ignore those who are suffering;
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\q2 he does not hide his face from them.
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\q1 He has listened to them when they cried out to him for help.
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\v 25 Yahweh, in the great gathering of your people, I will praise you for what you have done.
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\q2 In the presence of those who have an awesome respect for you, I will offer the sacrifices that I promised.
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\v 26 The poor people whom I have invited to the meal will eat as much as they want.
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\q2 All who come to worship Yahweh will praise him.
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\q2 I pray that God will enable you all to live a long and happy life!
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\v 27 I pray that people in all nations, even in the remote areas, will think about Yahweh and turn to him,
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\q2 and that people from all the clans in the world will bow down before him.
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\v 28 For Yahweh is the king!
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\q2 He rules all the nations.
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\v 29 All the rich people on the earth will celebrate and bow before him.
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\q2 Some day they will die, for they cannot avoid it,
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\q2 but they will prostrate themselves on the ground in his presence.
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\v 30 People in the future generations will also serve Yahweh.
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\q2 They will tell their children about what Yahweh has done.
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\v 31 People who are not yet born, who will live in future years, will learn how Yahweh rescued his people.
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\q2 People will tell them, "Yahweh did it!"
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