For dogs have surrounded me, - An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,

Let them not be ashamed, through me, Who have waited for thee, O My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, - Let them not be confounded, through me, Who are seeking thee, O God of Israel!

That cometh down low to look, through the heavens and through the earth;

Sacrifice and meal-offering, thou didst not delight in, Ears, didst thou pierce for me, - Ascending-sacrifice and sin-bearer, thou didst not ask: