Readings for Lent and Easter

¹⁴ I have no more strength
    than a few drops of water.
All my bones are out of joint;
    my heart is like melted wax.
¹⁵ My strength has dried up
    like a broken clay pot,
and my tongue sticks
    to the roof of my mouth.
You, God, have left me
    to die in the dirt.

¹⁶ Brutal enemies attack me
    like a pack of dogs,
tearing at^[b] my hands
    and my feet.
¹⁷ I can count all my bones,
and my enemies just stare
    and sneer at me.
^18 (A) They took my clothes
    and gambled for them.