11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

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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11 Do not be far from me,(A)
    for trouble is near(B)
    and there is no one to help.(C)

12 Many bulls(D) surround me;(E)
    strong bulls of Bashan(F) encircle me.
13 Roaring lions(G) that tear their prey(H)
    open their mouths wide(I) against me.
14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.(J)
My heart has turned to wax;(K)
    it has melted(L) within me.

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14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

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14 With his own spear you pierced his head
    when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,(A)
gloating as though about to devour
    the wretched(B) who were in hiding.

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