1. My God, my God, why have youdeserted me?Why are you so far away?Won't you listen to my groansand come to my rescue?
2. I cry out day and night,but you don't answer,and I can never rest.
3. Yet you are the holy God,ruling from your throneand praised by Israel.
4. Our ancestors trusted you,and you rescued them.
5. When they cried out for help,you saved them,and you did not let them downwhen they depended on you.
6. But I am merely a worm,far less than human,and I am hated and rejectedby people everywhere.
7. Everyone who sees memakes fun and sneers.They shake their heads,
8. and say, “Trust the Lord!If you are his favourite,let him protect youand keep you safe.”
9. You, Lord, brought mesafely through birth,and you protected mewhen I was a babyat my mother's breast.
10. From the day I was born,I have been in your care,and from the time of my birth,you have been my God.