8. “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him;let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”
9. Yet you are he who took me from the womb;you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.
10. On you was I cast from my birth,and 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 bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
13. they open wide their mouths at me,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 melted within my breast;
15. my strength is dried up like a potsherd,and my tongue sticks to my jaws;you lay me in the dust of death.
16. For dogs encompass me;a company of evildoers encircles me;they have pierced my hands and feet—
17. I can count all my bones—they stare and gloat over me;
18. they divide my garments among them,and for my clothing they cast lots.
19. But you, O Lord, do not be far off!O you my help, come quickly to my aid!
20. Deliver my soul from the sword,my precious life from the power of the dog!
21. Save me from the mouth of the lion!You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
22. I will tell of your name to my brothers;in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
23. You who fear the Lord, praise him!All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
24. For he has not despised or abhorredthe affliction of the afflicted,and he has not hidden his face from him,but has heard, when he cried to him.
25. From you comes my praise in the great congregation;my vows I will perform before those who fear him.