Why are the nations in an uproar, and their people involved in a vain plot?

Why do you stand far away, LORD? Why do you hide in times of distress?

Why do the wicked despise God and say to themselves, "God will not seek justice."?

My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from delivering me from my groaning words?

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me.

I will ask God, my Rock, "Why have you forsaken me? Why do I go around mourning under the enemy's oppression?"

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me and he is my God.

Since you are the God who strengthens me, why have you forsaken me? Why do I go around mourning under the enemy's oppression?"

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will praise him once again, since his presence saves me and he is my God. To the Director: An instruction of the Sons of Korah.

Wake up! Why are you asleep, Lord? Get up! Don't cast us off forever!

Why are you hiding your face? Why are you ignoring our affliction and oppression?

You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.

Why should I be afraid when evil days come my way, when the wickedness of those who deceive me surrounds me

Why should I eat the flesh of oxen or drink the blood of goats?

Why do you make evil the foundation of your boasting, mighty one? God's gracious love never ceases.

You mountains of many peaks, why do you watch with envy the mountain in which God has chosen to dwell? Indeed, the LORD will live there forever.

Why, God? Have you rejected us forever? Your anger is burning against the sheep of your pasture.

Why do you not withdraw your hand your right hand from your bosom and destroy them?

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let vengeance for the blood of your servants be meted out before our eyes and among the nations.

Why did you break down its walls so that those who pass by pluck its fruits?

Why, LORD, have you rejected me? Why have you hidden your face from me?

Why should the nations ask "Where now is their God?"

Your decrees are wonderful that's why I observe them.