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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 22, Verse 13

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Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.
King James Version
They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
American Standard Version
They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.
New English Translation
They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
World English Bible
They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
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I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me.
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They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
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But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
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Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
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Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
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Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.