6
But raising his eyes on high to heaven, the old man's flesh was stripped off by the scourges, and his blood streamed down, and his sides were pierced through.
7
And falling upon the ground, from his body having no power to support the pains, he yet kept his reasoning upright and unbending.
8
then one of the harsh spearbearers leaped upon his belly as he was falling, to force him upright.
9
But he endured the pains, and despised the cruelty, and persevered through the indignities;
10
and like a noble athlete, the old man, when struck, vanquished his torturers.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.