Psalms 22:16
For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
17I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me;
Cross References
Psalms 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;
Psalms 59:6They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:
Psalms 86:14O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them.
Jeremiah 12:6For even thy brethren, 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 good [words] unto thee.
Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and turning round rend you.
Matthew 27:35And having crucified him, they parted his clothes amongst [themselves], 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 →