14. They open wide their mouths against me, like a tearing, roaring lion.
15. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax— melting within my innards.
16. My strength is dried up like a clay pot, my tongue clings to my jaws. You lay me in the dust of death.
17. For dogs have surrounded me. A band of evildoers has closed in on me. They pierced my hands and my feet.