22:2 My God, I cry out during the day,
but you do not answer,
and during the night my prayers do not let up. 1
22:12 Many bulls 2 surround me;
powerful bulls of Bashan 3 hem me in.
[22:2] 1 tn Heb “there is no silence to me.”
[22:12] 2 sn The psalmist figuratively compares his enemies to dangerous bulls.
[22:12] 3 sn Bashan, located east of the Jordan River, was well-known for its cattle. See Ezek 39:18; Amos 4:1.
