10. I have leaned on you since the day I was born.You have been my God since my mother gave birth to me.
11. So don’t be far away from me.Now trouble is near,and there is no one to help.
12. Men have surrounded me like angry bulls.The strong bulls of Bashan are on every side.
13. Like hungry, roaring lionsthey open their jaws at me.
14. My strength is gonelike water poured out onto the ground.All my bones are out of joint.My heart is like wax.It has melted inside me.
15. My strength has dried up like a piece of a broken pot.My tongue sticks to the top of my mouth.You laid me in the dust of death.
16. Evil men have surrounded me.Like dogs they have trapped me.They have bitten my arms and legs.