Readings for Lent and Easter

¹² Many bulls have surrounded me.
    Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
¹³ They open their mouths wide against me,
    lions tearing prey and roaring.
¹⁴ I am poured out like water.
    All my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax.
    It is melted within me.
¹⁵ My strength is dried up like a potsherd.
    My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You have brought me into the dust of death.
¹⁶ For dogs have surrounded me.
    A company of evildoers have enclosed me.
    They have pierced my hands and feet.^[a]
17 I can count all of my bones.
They look and stare at me.
¹⁸ They divide my garments among them.
    They cast lots for my clothing.