4  ^pThe cords of death encompassed me;

^qthe torrents of destruction assailed me;¹

1  ^uMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Why are you so ^vfar from saving me, from the words of my ^wgroaning?

15  my strength is ^wdried up like a potsherd,

and my ^xtongue sticks to my jaws;

you lay me in the dust of death.

4  Even though I ^kwalk through the valley of ^lthe shadow of death,¹

I will ^mfear no evil,

for ⁿyou are with me;

your ^orod and your staff,

they comfort me.

5  My enemies say of me in malice,

“When will he die, and his name perish?”