Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Many bulls - implying the strength and violence of His enemies, while he was as the gentle and weak 'hind' (title). Strong bulls of Bashan - a hilly region (afterward Batanea), east of Gilead, and north of Jordan, abounding in rich pasture, whence its cattle were famed. The word meant richness of soil. Their fat condition made them the more wanton; and the liberty which they enjoyed, of ranging on hills and in forests, gave them an untameable wildness.