Readings for Lent and Easter

¹² Many bulls encircle me;
    strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
¹³ They open their mouths against me,
    as a preying and roaring lion.
¹⁴ I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
    it is melted inside my body.
¹⁵ My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
    and my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
    and You have set me toward the dust of death.

¹⁶ For dogs have encompassed me;
    the assembly of the wicked has enclosed me;
    like a lion they pin my hands and my feet;
¹⁷ I can count all my bones;
    they look and stare on me.
¹⁸ They part my garments among them
    and cast lots for my clothes.