Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God],
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?

Why do You stand far away, O Lord?
Why do You hide [Yourself, veiling Your eyes] in times of trouble?

Why has the wicked spurned and shown disrespect to God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require me to account.”

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

For You are the God of my strength [my stronghold—in whom I take refuge]; why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Awaken, do not reject us forever.

Why do You hide Your face
And forget our affliction and our oppression?

Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the wickedness of those who would betray me surrounds me [on every side],

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

Why do you look with envy, mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain [of the city of Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place?
Yes, the Lord will dwell there forever.

O God, why have You rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand [from judging the enemy]?
Remove Your hand from Your chest, destroy them!

Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation],
Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.

Why have You broken down its walls and hedges,
So that all who pass by pick its fruit?

O Lord, why do You reject me?
Why do You hide Your face from me?

Why should the nations say,
“Where, now, is their God?”