¹⁷ They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.

¹⁶ Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

³⁹ And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

⁴⁰ You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

⁴¹ In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,

⁴² A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.

⁴³ He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.

⁴⁴ And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.

⁵ He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.

⁶ He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

⁷ He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.

⁴ We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

¹⁰ All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

¹¹ They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

¹² They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

³ The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

¹ <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David.> Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.

² My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.

⁷ Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

¹⁴ As through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.

¹⁵ Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.

¹² I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

¹³ His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.