12 Many young bulls have compassed me: mighty [a]bulls of Bashan have closed me about.

13 They gape upon me with their mouths, as a ramping and roaring lion.

14 I am like [b]water poured out, and all my bones are out of joint: mine heart is like wax: it is molten in the midst of my bowels.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:12 He meaneth, that his enemies were so fat, proud, and cruel, that they were rather beasts than men.
  2. Psalm 22:14 Before he spake of the cruelty of his enemies, and now he declareth the inward griefs of the mind, so that Christ was tormented both in soul and body.

12 Many bulls(A) surround me;(B)
    strong bulls of Bashan(C) encircle me.
13 Roaring lions(D) that tear their prey(E)
    open their mouths wide(F) against me.
14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.(G)
My heart has turned to wax;(H)
    it has melted(I) within me.

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