To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring (22:1)

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent (22:2)

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel (22:3)

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them (22:4)

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded (22:5)

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people (22:6)

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying (22:7)

He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him (22:8)

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts (22:9)

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly (22:10)

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help (22:11)

Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round (22:12)

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion (22:13)

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels (22:14)

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death (22:15)

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet (22:16)

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me (22:17)

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture (22:18)

But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me (22:19)

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog (22:20)

Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns (22:21)

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee (22:22)

Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel (22:23)

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard (22:24)

My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him (22:25)

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever (22:26)

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee (22:27)

For the kingdom is the Lord'S: and he is the governor among the nations (22:28)

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul (22:29)

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation (22:30)

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this (22:31)

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness (31:1)

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me (31:2)

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me (31:3)

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength (31:4)

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth (31:5)

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord (31:6)

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities (31:7)

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room (31:8)

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly (31:9)

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed (31:10)

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me (31:11)

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel (31:12)

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life (31:13)

But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God (31:14)

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me (31:15)

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake (31:16)

Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave (31:17)

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous (31:18)

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men (31:19)

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues (31:20)

Blessed be the Lord: for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city (31:21)

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee (31:22)

O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer (31:23)

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord (31:24)

A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth (34:1)

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad (34:2)

O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together (34:3)

I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears (34:4)

They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed (34:5)

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles (34:6)

The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them (34:7)

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him (34:8)

O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him (34:9)

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing (34:10)

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord (34:11)

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good (34:12)

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile (34:13)

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it (34:14)

The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry (34:15)

The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth (34:16)

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles (34:17)

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit (34:18)

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all (34:19)

He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken (34:20)

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate (34:21)

The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate (34:22)

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength (54:1)

Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth (54:2)

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah (54:3)

Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul (54:4)

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth (54:5)

I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for it is good (54:6)

For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies (54:7)

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man (140:1)

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war (140:2)

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah (140:3)

Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings (140:4)

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah (140:5)

I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord (140:6)

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle (140:7)

Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah (140:8)

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them (140:9)

Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again (140:10)

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him (140:11)

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor (140:12)

Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence (140:13)