The Book of Psalms, Chapter 22, Verse 10

Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power.

To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],

He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

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But thou [art] he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.

King James Version

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my mother's belly.

American Standard Version

I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

New English Translation

I have been dependent on you since birth; from the time I came out of my mother’s womb you have been my God.

World English Bible

I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to help.

Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.

They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me.

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.