13RISE UP! O YAHWEH IN STRENGTH YOUR WE WILL SING AND WE WILL SING PRAISES MIGHT YOUR 13Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
0TO THE CHOIRMASTER ON [THE] DOE OF THE DAWN A PSALM OF DAVID The Psalm of the Cross (Matthew 27:32–56; Mark 15:21–41; Luke 23:26–43; John 19:16–30) 0For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David.
1O GOD MY GOD MY <TO> WHY? HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME [ARE] FAR FROM DELIVERANCE MY [THE] WORDS OF CRY OF DISTRESS MY 1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?*NoteCloseCited in Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34 Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
2O GOD MY I CALL OUT BY DAY AND NOT YOU ANSWER AND NIGHT AND NOT REPOSE [BELONGS] TO ME 2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
3AND YOU [ARE] HOLY SITTING [THE] PRAISES OF ISRAEL 3Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4IN YOU THEY TRUSTED ANCESTORS OUR THEY TRUSTED AND YOU DELIVERED THEM 4In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
5TO YOU THEY CRIED OUT AND THEY WERE DELIVERED IN YOU THEY TRUSTED AND NOT THEY WERE ASHAMED 5They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
6AND I [AM] A WORM AND NOT A MAN A REPROACH OF HUMANKIND AND DESPISED OF A PEOPLE 6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
7ALL [THOSE WHO] SEE ME THEY MOCK <TO> ME THEY MAKE A SEPARATION WITH A LIP THEY SHAKE A HEAD 7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
8ROLL TO YAHWEH LET HIM RESCUE HIM LET HIM DELIVER HIM FOR HE DELIGHTS IN HIM 8“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”*NoteCloseCited in Matthew 27:43
9FOR YOU [WERE] DRAWING FORTH ME FROM [THE] BELLY [WERE] MAKING TRUST ME ON [THE] BREASTS OF MOTHER MY 9Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
10ON YOU I WAS CAST FROM [THE] WOMB FROM [THE] BELLY OF MOTHER MY [HAVE BEEN] GOD MY YOU 10From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
11MAY NOT YOU BE FAR FROM ME FOR TROUBLE [IS] NEAR FOR THERE NOT [IS] A HELPER 11Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
12THEY HAVE SURROUNDED ME BULLS MANY MIGHTY [BULLS] OF BASHAN THEY HAVE ENCIRCLED ME 12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13THEY HAVE OPENED ON ME MOUTH THEIR A LION TEARING AND ROARING 13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
14LIKE <THE> WATER I HAVE BEEN POURED OUT AND THEY HAVE BECOME DISLOCATED ALL BONES MY IT HAS BECOME HEART MY LIKE <THE> WAX IT HAS MELTED IN [THE] MIDST OF INWARD PARTS MY 14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
15IT HAS DRIED UP LIKE <THE> EARTHENWARE STRENGTH MY AND TONGUE MY [HAS BEEN] MADE TO CLING TO JAWS MY AND TO [THE] DUST OF DEATH YOU PUT ME 15My strength*NoteCloseMT; or My mouth, a possible reading of the original Hebrew text is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
16FOR THEY HAVE SURROUNDED ME DOGS A COMPANY OF EVIL-DOERS THEY HAVE ENCIRCLED ME LIKE A LION HANDS MY AND FEET MY 16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.*NoteCloseDSS, LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac; most MT like a lion at my hands and feet
17I COUNT ALL BONES MY THEY THEY LOOK THEY LOOK ON ME 17I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
18THEY DISTRIBUTE CLOTHES MY TO THEMSELVES AND ON CLOTHING MY THEY CAST A LOT 18They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.*NoteCloseCited in John 19:24; see also Matthew 27:35, Mark 15:24, and Luke 23:34
19AND YOU O YAHWEH MAY NOT YOU BE DISTANT O STRENGTH MY TO HELP MY MAKE HASTE! 19But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
20DELIVER! FROM [THE] SWORD LIFE MY FROM [THE] HAND OF A DOG ONLY [LIFE] MY 20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
21SAVE ME FROM [THE] MOUTH OF A LION AND FROM [THE] HORNS OF WILD OXEN YOU HAVE ANSWERED ME 21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
22I WILL RECOUNT NAME YOUR TO BROTHERS MY IN AMONG [THE] ASSEMBLY I WILL PRAISE YOU 22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.*NoteCloseLXX I will sing Your praises in the assembly; cited in Hebrews 2:12.
23O [THOSE] FEARING <OF> YAHWEH PRAISE HIM O ALL [THE] OFFSPRING OF JACOB HONOR HIM AND BE AFRAID FROM HIM O ALL [THE] OFFSPRING OF ISRAEL 23You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
24FOR NOT HE HAS DESPISED AND NOT HE HAS DETESTED [THE] AFFLICTION OF AN AFFLICTED [PERSON] AND NOT HE HAS HIDDEN FACE HIS FROM HIM AND WHEN CRIED FOR HELP HE TO HIM HE HEARD 24For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
25[IS] FROM WITH <THE> YOU PRAISE MY IN [THE] ASSEMBLY GREAT VOWS MY I WILL PAY BEFORE [THOSE] FEARING HIM 25My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.
26THEY WILL EAT HUMBLE [PEOPLE] SO THEY MAY BE SATISFIED THEY WILL PRAISE YAHWEH [THOSE WHO] SEEK HIM MAY IT LIVE HEART YOUR FOR EVER 26The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
27THEY WILL REMEMBER AND THEY MAY TURN TO YAHWEH ALL [THE] ENDS OF [THE] EARTH SO THEY MAY BOW DOWN <TO> BEFORE YOU ALL [THE] CLANS OF [THE] NATIONS 27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
28FOR [BELONGS] TO YAHWEH THE KINGSHIP AND [HE IS] RULING OVER THE NATIONS 28For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
29THEY HAVE EATEN AND THEY HAVE BOWED DOWN ALL [THE] FAT [PEOPLE] OF [THE] EARTH <TO> BEFORE HIM THEY WILL BOW DOWN ALL [THOSE WHO ARE] ABOUT TO GO DOWN OF DUST AND LIFE HIS NOT HE HAS PRESERVED ALIVE 29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
30OFFSPRING IT WILL SERVE HIM IT WILL BE RECOUNTED OF [THE] LORD TO THE GENERATION 30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
31THEY WILL COME AND THEY MAY DECLARE RIGHTEOUSNESS HIS TO A PEOPLE ABOUT TO BE BORN THAT HE HAS ACTED 31They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn— all that He has done.