Psalms 22:8-22

⁸“He trusted in the LORD, let him help him; Let him deliver him, since he delighted in him!”

⁹Surely thou art he that didst bring me into the world; Thou didst make me lie secure upon my mother's breast!

¹⁰Upon thee have I cast myself from my birth; Thou hast been my God from my earliest breath!

¹¹Oh, be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help!

¹²Many bulls surround me; Strong bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.

¹³They open their mouths wide against me, Like a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is become like wax; It melteth in my bosom.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like an earthen vessel, And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; Thou hast brought me to the dust of death!

¹⁶For dogs have surrounded me; Bands of evil-doers have encompassed me,—Like lions my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I can count all my bones; They gaze, and feast their eyes upon me.

¹⁸They divide my garments among them, And for my vesture they cast lots.

¹⁹But be not thou far from me, O LORD! O my strength! make haste to mine aid!

²⁰Deliver my life from the sword; My blood from the power of the dog;

²¹Save me from the lion's mouth; Shield me from the horns of the buffaloes!

²²I will proclaim thy name to my brethren; In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.