3. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4. Our ancestors trusted you; they trusted and you delivered them.
5. They cried to you and were saved; they trusted you and were not ashamed.
6. But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by humankind and despised by people.
7. All who see me mock me. They open wide their lips; they shake the head, saying:
8. “He trusts Yahweh. Let him rescue him. Let him deliver him because he delights in him.”
9. Yet you took me from the belly; you made me trust while on my mother’s breasts.
10. On you I was cast from the womb. From my mother’s belly you have been my God.
11. Do not be far from me because trouble is near; because there is no helper.
12. Many bulls have encircled me; mighty bulls of Bashan have surrounded me.
13. They open their mouth against me like a lion tearing 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 within me.
15. My strength is dry like a potsherd, and my tongue is sticking to my jaws; and you have placed me in the dust of death.
16. Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion they are at my hands and my feet.
17. I can count all my bones; they gaze, they look at me.