Readings for Lent and Easter

¹² Many bulls have surrounded me.
    Strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me.
¹³ They have opened their mouths to attack me
    like ferocious, roaring lions.
¹⁴ I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.
        My heart is like wax.
            It has melted within me.
¹⁵ My strength is dried up like pieces of broken pottery.
    My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
    You lay me down in the dust of death.
¹⁶ Dogs have surrounded me.
    A mob has encircled me.
    They have pierced my hands and feet.
¹⁷ I can count all my bones.
    People stare.
    They gloat over me.
¹⁸ They divide my clothes among themselves.
    They throw dice for my clothing.