Psalms 22:16
For dogs have encompassed me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. They pierced (LXX/DSS) my hands and my feet.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me.
Cross References
Psalms 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword, the only one of me from the power of the dog.
Psalms 59:6They return at evening. They howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
Psalms 86:14O God, the proud have risen up against me, and a company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.
Jeremiah 12:6For even thy brothers, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak fair words to thee.
Matthew 7:6Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turn back may lacerate you.
Matthew 27:35And when they crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots.
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 →