^{12 Ref} Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

^{13 Ref} They gape upon me with their mouth, `As' a ravening and a roaring lion.

^{14 Ref} I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

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

^{16 Ref} For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

^{17 Ref} I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.

^{18 Ref} They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

^{19 Ref} But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

^{20 Ref} Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.

^{21 Ref} Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.