Psalms 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

In Context

14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.

16For dogs have encompassed me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. They pierced (LXX/DSS) my hands and my feet.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

Job 7:21And why do thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lay down in the dust, and thou will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

Job 19:20My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Job 30:16And now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Psalms 30:9What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth?

Psalms 38:10My heart throbs, my strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:12-22

The Sufferings of the Messiah; The Messiah Supported in His Sufferings. 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast… Read the whole commentary →

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