2 ARST My God, every day I call to you during the daytime, but you do not answer me. I call to you during the night; I am not silent at all. BSB BSB: I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
3 ARST But you are holy. You sit on your throne as king, and we the people of Israel praise you. BSB BSB: Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4 ARST Our ancestors trusted in you. Because they trusted in you, you rescued them. BSB BSB: In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
5 ARST When they called out to you for help, you saved them. They trusted in you, and they were not disappointed. BSB BSB: They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
6 ARST But you have not rescued me! People despise me and consider that I am not a man; they think that I am a worm! Everyone scorns me and despises me. BSB BSB: But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
7 ARST Everyone who sees me makes fun of me. They sneer at me and insult me by shaking their heads at me as though I were an evil man. They say, BSB BSB: All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
8 ARST “He trusts in Yahweh, so Yahweh should save him! He says that Yahweh is very pleased with him; if that is so, Yahweh should rescue him!” BSB BSB: “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
9 ARST You, God, have been with me since I was in my mother’ s womb, and you taught me to trust you when I was at my mother’ s breasts. BSB BSB: Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
10 ARST It was as though you had adopted me right when I was born. You have been my God ever since I was born. BSB BSB: From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
11 ARST So do not stay far from me now because enemies who will cause me much trouble are near me, and there is no one else who can help me. BSB BSB: Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
12 ARST My enemies surround me like a herd of wild bulls. Fierce people, like those strong bulls that graze on the hills in the region of Bashan, surround me. BSB BSB: Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13 ARST They are like roaring lions that are attacking the animals that they want to eat; they rush toward me to kill me; they are like lions that have their mouths open, ready to chew their victims to pieces. BSB BSB: They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
14 ARST I am completely exhausted, and all my bones are out of their joints. I no longer expect that God will save me; I am completely discouraged. BSB BSB: I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
15 ARST My strength is all dried up like a broken piece of a clay jar that has dried in the sun. I am so thirsty that my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. God, I think that you are about to let my body die and become dust! BSB BSB: My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
16 ARST My enemies are like wild dogs that surround me. A group of evil men has encircled me, ready to attack me. They have pierced through my hands and my feet. BSB BSB: For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
17 ARST I am so weak and thin that I can count all my bones. My enemies stare at me and gloat about what has happened to me. BSB BSB: I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
18 ARST They looked at the clothes that I was wearing and gambled to determine which piece each of them would get. BSB BSB: They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
19 ARST Yahweh, be concerned for me! You who are my source of strength, come quickly and help me! BSB BSB: But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
20 ARST Rescue me from those who want to kill me with their swords. Save my life from the power of those who are like wild dogs. BSB BSB: Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
21 ARST Snatch me away from my enemies who are like lions with jaws open and ready to chew me up! Grab me away from those men who are like wild oxen that attack other animals with their horns! BSB BSB: Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
22 ARST If you save me from them, I will declare to my fellow Israelites how great you are. I will praise you among the group of your people gathered together to worship you. BSB BSB: I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
23 ARST You people who have an awesome respect for Yahweh, praise him! All you who are descended from Jacob, honor Yahweh! All you Israelite people, revere him! BSB BSB: You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
25 ARST Yahweh, in the great gathering of your people, I will praise you for what you have done. In the presence of those who have an awesome respect for you, I will offer the sacrifices that I promised. BSB BSB: My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.
26 ARST The poor people whom I have invited to the meal will eat as much as they want. All who come to worship Yahweh will praise him. I pray that God will enable you all to live a long and happy life! BSB BSB: The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
27 ARST I pray that people in all nations, even in the remote areas, will think about Yahweh and turn to him, and that people from all the clans in the world will bow down before him. BSB BSB: All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
28 ARST For Yahweh is the king! He rules all the nations. BSB BSB: For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
29 ARST All the rich people on the earth will celebrate and bow before him. Some day they will die, for they cannot avoid it, but they will prostrate themselves on the ground in his presence. BSB BSB: All 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.
30 ARST People in the future generations will also serve Yahweh. They will tell their children about what Yahweh has done. BSB BSB: Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
31 ARST People who are not yet born, who will live in future years, will learn how Yahweh rescued his people. People will tell them,“Yahweh did it!” BSB BSB: They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.
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