Yet you are he who (A)took me from the womb;
    you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
10 On you was I cast from my birth,
    and from (B)my mother's womb you have been my God.
11 Be not (C)far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and there is (D)none to help.

12 Many bulls encompass me;
    (E)strong bulls of (F)Bashan surround me;
13 they (G)open wide their mouths at me,
    like a ravening and roaring lion.

14 I am (H)poured out like water,
    and all my bones are (I)out of joint;
my (J)heart is like (K)wax;
    it is melted within my breast;
15 my strength is (L)dried up like a potsherd,
    and my (M)tongue sticks to my jaws;
    you lay me in the dust of death.

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Yet you brought me out of the womb;(A)
    you made me trust(B) in you, even at my mother’s breast.
10 From birth(C) I was cast on you;
    from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

11 Do not be far from me,(D)
    for trouble is near(E)
    and there is no one to help.(F)

12 Many bulls(G) surround me;(H)
    strong bulls of Bashan(I) encircle me.
13 Roaring lions(J) that tear their prey(K)
    open their mouths wide(L) against me.
14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.(M)
My heart has turned to wax;(N)
    it has melted(O) within me.
15 My mouth[a] is dried up like a potsherd,(P)
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;(Q)
    you lay me in the dust(R) of death.

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Footnotes

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