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13 They have opened their mouths to attack me
    like ferocious, roaring lions.
14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.
        My heart is like wax.
            It has melted within me.
15 My strength is dried up like pieces of broken pottery.
    My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
    You lay me down in the dust of death.

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13 Roaring lions(A) that tear their prey(B)
    open their mouths wide(C) against me.
14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.(D)
My heart has turned to wax;(E)
    it has melted(F) within me.
15 My mouth[a] is dried up like a potsherd,(G)
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;(H)
    you lay me in the dust(I) of death.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:15 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text strength