and have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not [real] gods but [only] the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they [could destroy them and] have destroyed them.

“God hands me over to criminals
And tosses me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked.

“His arrows surround me.
He pierces my kidneys (vital organs) without mercy;
He pours out my gall on the ground.

And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,