13 They (A)open their mouths wide at me,
As a ravening and roaring (B)lion.
14 I am (C)poured out like water,
And all my (D)bones are out of joint;
My (E)heart is like wax;
It is melted within [a]me.
15 My (F)strength is dried up like a piece of pottery,
And (G)my tongue clings to my jaws;
And You (H)lay me [b]in the dust of death.
16 For (I)dogs have surrounded me;
[c]A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
[d]They (J)pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones.
(K)They look, they stare at me;

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  1. Psalm 22:14 Lit my inward parts
  2. Psalm 22:15 Lit to
  3. Psalm 22:16 Or An assembly
  4. Psalm 22:16 Another reading is Like a lion, my...

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.

16 Dogs(J) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce[b](K) my hands and my feet.
17 All my bones are on display;
    people stare(L) and gloat over me.(M)

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  1. Psalm 22:15 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text strength
  2. Psalm 22:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text me, / like a lion