10. I have leaned on you since the day I was born;you have been my God since my mother gave me birth.
11. So don’t be far away from me.Now trouble is near,and there is no one to help.
12. People have surrounded me like angry bulls.Like the strong bulls of Bashan, they are on every side.
13. Like hungry, roaring lionsthey open their mouths at me.
14. My strength is gone,like water poured out onto the ground,and my bones are out of joint.My heart is like wax;it has melted inside me.
15. My strength has dried up like a clay pot,and my tongue sticks to the top of my mouth.You laid me in the dust of death.
16. Evil people have surrounded me;like dogs they have trapped me.They have bitten my arms and legs.