Psalms 21:1-11

¹(22) For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David. O God, my God, attend to me: why have you forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.

²O my God, I will cry to you by day, but you will not hear: and by night, and it shall not be accounted for folly to me.

³But you, the praise of Israel, dwell in a sanctuary.

⁴Our fathers hoped in you; they hoped, and you did deliver them.

⁵They cried to you, and were saved: they hoped in you, and were not ashamed.

⁶But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people.

⁷All that saw me mocked me: they spoke with their lips, they shook the head, saying,

⁸He hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him.

⁹For you are he that drew me out of the womb; my hope from my mother's breasts.

¹⁰I was cast on you from the womb: you are my God from my mother's belly.

¹¹Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; for there is no helper.