John Trapp on Psalms 22:12

Verſ. 12. Many Bulls have compaſſed mee] Young Bulls, which noteth their luſtineſs and courage; Tauri bene ſaginati & petulci.

Strong Bulls of Baſhan] A farre Country beyond Jordan; famous for fat and fierce cattel. Hereby are meant Princes and Potentates, perſecutors of Chriſt and his people, againſt whom they run and ruſh with utmoſt might and malice, but not alwaies with deſired ſucceſſe. Of the wild Bull it is ſaid, that of all things hee cannot abide any red colour. Therefore the hunter for the nonce ſtanding before a tree, puts on a red garment; whom when the Bull ſeeth, he runneth hard at him, as hard as hee can drive; but the hunter ſlipping aſide, the Bulls hornes ſtick faſt in the tree; as when David ſlipped aſide, Sauls ſpear ſtuck faſt in the wall. In like manner ſaith a Divine, Chriſt ſtanding before the tree of his Croſſe, put on a red garment dipt and died in his own blood, as one that cometh with red garments from B[illegible: 1 letter]zra, Iſa. 63.1. Therefore the Devill and his agents, like wild Bulls of Baſhan ran at him: But hee ſaving himſelf, their hornes ſtick faſt in the Croſſe; as Abrahams Ram by his hornes ſtuck faſt in the briars.