Psalms 22:11-21

11Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.1

12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.2

14I 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.3

15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

19But be not thou far from me, O Yhwh: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.45

21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.