1For the chief musician; set to “The rhythm of the deer.” A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from saving me and far from the words of my anguish?
2My God, I cry out in the daytime, but you do not answer, and at night I am not silent!
3Yet you are holy; you sit as king with the praises of Israel.
4Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted in you, and you rescued them.
5They cried to you and they were rescued. They trusted in you and were not disappointed.
6But I am a worm and not a man, a disgrace to humanity and despised by the people.