Catholic Public Domain Version
" But you, O Lord, do not take your help far from me; be attentive to my defense. "
— Psalms 21:20, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.”
For many dogs have surrounded me. The council of the malicious has besieged me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
They have numbered all my bones. And they have examined me and stared at me.
They divided my garments among them, and over my vestment, they cast lots.
But you, O Lord, do not take your help far from me; be attentive to my defense.
O God, rescue my soul from the spear, and my only one from the hand of the dog.
Save me from the mouth of the lion, and my humility from the horns of the single-horned beast.
I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the Church, I will praise you.