16. For [like a pack of] dogs they have encompassed me; a company of evildoers has encircled me, they pierced my hands and my feet. [Isa. 53:7; John 19:37.]
17. I can count all my bones; [the evildoers] gaze at me. [Luke 23:27, 35.]
18. They part my clothing among them and cast lots for my raiment (a long, shirtlike garment, a seamless undertunic). [John 19:23, 24.])
19. But be not far from me, O Lord; O my Help, hasten to aid me!
20. Deliver my life from the sword, my dear life [my only one] from the power of the dog [the agent of execution].
21. Save me from the lion's mouth; for You have answered me [kindly] from the horns of the wild oxen.
22. I will declare Your name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise You. [John 20:17; Rom. 8:29; Heb. 2:12.]
23. You who fear (revere and worship) the Lord, praise Him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify Him. Fear (revere and worship) Him, all you offspring of Israel.
24. For He has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has He hidden His face from him, but when he cried to Him, He heard.
25. My praise shall be of You in the great congregation. I will pay to Him my vows [made in the time of trouble] before them who fear (revere and worship) Him.
26. The poor and afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise the Lord–they who [diligently] seek for, inquire of and for Him, and require Him [as their greatest need]. May your hearts be quickened now and forever!
27. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall bow down and worship before You,
28. For the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord's, and He is the ruler over the nations.
29. All the mighty ones upon earth shall eat [in thanksgiving] and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before Him, even he who cannot keep himself alive.