8. He trusted and rolled himself on the Lord, that He would deliver him. Let Him deliver him, seeing that He delights in him! [Matt. 27:39, 43; Mark 15:29, 30; Luke 23:35.]
9. Yet You are He Who took me out of the womb; You made me hope and trust when I was on my mother's breasts.
10. I was cast upon You from my very birth; from my mother's womb You have been my God.
11. Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help.
12. Many [foes like] bulls have surrounded me; strong bulls of Bashan have hedged me in. [Ezek. 39:18.]
13. Against me they opened their mouths wide, like a ravening 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 softened [with anguish] and melted down within me.
15. My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery; [with thirst] my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and You have brought me into the dust of death. [John 19:28.]
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.