Surrounded by Enemies and Suffering

Psalms 22:12-21

Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

They gape upon me with their mouth, Asa ravening and a roaring lion.

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

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.

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

I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me;

They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.

Save me from the lion’s mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.