12 Mighty oxen come around me; ♦︎
fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.
13 They gape upon me with their mouths, ♦︎
as it were a ramping and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water;
all my bones are out of joint; ♦︎
my heart has become like wax
melting in the depths of my body.
15 My mouth is dried up like a potsherd;
my tongue cleaves to my gums; ♦︎
you have laid me in the dust of death.
16 For the hounds are all about me,
the pack of evildoers close in on me; ♦︎
they pierce my hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones; ♦︎
they stand staring and looking upon me.
18 They divide my garments among them; ♦︎
they cast lots for my clothing.
19 Be not far from me, O Lord; ♦︎
you are my strength; hasten to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword, ♦︎
my poor life from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lions mouth,
from the horns of wild oxen. ♦︎
You have answered me!
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