1 My God! My God,why have you left me all alone?Why are you so far from saving me—so far from my anguished groans?
2 My God, I cry out during the day,but you don’t answer;even at nighttime I don’t stop.
3 You are the holy one, enthroned.You are Israel’s praise.
4 Our ancestors trusted you—they trusted you and you rescued them;
5 they cried out to you and they were saved;they trusted you and they weren’t ashamed.
6 But I’m just a worm, less than human;insulted by one person, despised by another.
7 All who see me make fun of me—they gape, shaking their heads: