Psalms 22:12
depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
In Context
11I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother's womb thou art my God,
13Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.
Cross References
Psalms 7:3Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.
Psalms 38:22Forsake me not, O Lord my God : do not thou depart from me.
Psalms 68:30From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee.
Psalms 70:2O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.
Jeremiah 50:11Because you rejoice, and speak great things, pillaging my inheritance: because you are spread abroad as calves upon the grass, and have bellowed as bulls.
Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye fat kine that are in the mountains of Samaria: you that oppress the needy, and crush the poor: that say to your masters: Bring, and we will drink.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:12-22
The Sufferings of the Messiah; The Messiah Supported in His Sufferings. 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a 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 in the midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast… Read the whole commentary →