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11 Upon you I was thrust from the womb;
    since my mother bore me you are my God.(A)
12 Do not stay far from me,
    for trouble is near,
    and there is no one to help.(B)

II

13 Many bulls[a] surround me;
    fierce bulls of Bashan encircle me.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:13–14 Bulls: the enemies of the psalmist are also portrayed in less-than-human form, as wild animals (cf. Ps 22:17, 21–22). Bashan: a grazing land northeast of the Sea of Galilee, famed for its cattle, cf. Dt 32:14; Ez 39:18; Am 4:1.