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They trusted, and Thou didst deliver them.

⁶Unto Thee they cried, and escaped;

In Thee did they trust, and were not ashamed.

⁷But I am a worm, and no man,

A reproach of men, and despised of the people.

⁸All they that see me laugh me to scorn,

They shoot out the lip, they shake the head:

⁹'Let him commit himself unto the Lord! let Him rescue him;

Let Him deliver him, seeing He delighteth in him.'

 

¹⁰For Thou art He that took me out of the womb,

Thou madest me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts.

¹¹Upon Thee I have been cast from my birth;

Thou art my God from my mother's womb.

¹²Be not far from me; for trouble is near;

For there is none to help.

¹³Many bulls have encompassed me;

Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

¹⁴They open wide their mouth against me,

As a ravening and a roaring lion.

¹⁵I am poured out like water,

And all my bones are out of joint;

My heart is become like wax;

It is melted in mine inmost parts

¹⁶My strength is dried up like a potsherd;

And my tongue cleaveth to my throat;

And Thou layest me in the dust of death.

¹⁷For dogs have encompassed me,

A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;

Like a lion, they are at my hands and my feet.

¹⁸I may count all my bones;

They look and gloat over me.

¹⁹They part my garments among them,

And for my vesture do they cast lots.

²⁰But Thou, Lord, be not far off;

Thou my strength, hasten to help me.

²¹Deliver my soul from the sword;

Mine only one from the power of the dog.

²²Save me from the lion's mouth;

Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen do Thou answer me.

 

²³I will declare Thy name unto my brethren;

In the midst of the congregation will I praise Thee:

²⁴'Ye that fear the Lord, praise Him;

All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify Him;

And stand in awe of Him, all ye the seed of Israel.

²⁵For He hath not despised nor abhorred the lowliness of the poor;

Neither hath He hid His face from him;

But when he cried unto Him, He heard.'

²⁶From Thee cometh my praise in the great congregation,

I will pay my vows before them that fear Him.

²⁷Let the humble eat and be satisfied;

Let them praise the Lord that seek after Him;

May your heart be quickened for ever!

²⁸All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the Lord;

And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee.

²⁹For the kingdom is the Lord's;

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