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| Antiphonal Psalm for solemn Entry into the Sanctuary. | ||
| O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest. | ||
| Yet thou art holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. | ||
| In thee our fathers trusted; they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. | ||
| To thee they cried, and were saved; n thee they trusted, and were not disappointed. | ||
| But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people. | ||
| All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads; | ||
| "He committed his cause to the LORD; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, for he delights in him!" | ||
| Yet thou art he who took me from the womb; thou didst keep me safe upon my mother's breasts. | ||
| Upon thee was I cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God. | ||
| Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help. | ||
| Many bulls encompass me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me; | ||
| they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion. | ||
| I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my breast; | ||
| my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death. | ||
| Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet - | ||
| I can count all my bones - they stare and gloat over me; | ||
| they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots. | ||
| But thou, O LORD, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid! | ||
| Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog! | ||
| Save me from the mouth of the lion, my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen! | ||
| I will tell of thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee: | ||
| You who fear the LORD, praise him! all you sons of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you sons of Israel! | ||
| For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him. | ||
| From thee comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him. | ||
| The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live for ever! | ||
| All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him. | ||
| For dominion belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations. | ||
| Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive. | ||
| Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation, | ||
| and proclaim his deliverance to a people unborn, that he has wrought it. | ||