Psalms 22:15

(22:16) Like a potsherd is my strength dried up; and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and into the dust of death hast thou laid me down.

Leeser Tanakh

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

14(22:15) Like water am I poured out, and all my bones are disjointed: my heart is become like wax, it is melted in the midst of my entrails.

16(22:17) For dogs have encompassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: like lions [they threaten] 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 unto the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes:

Job 7:21And why wilt thou not forgive my transgression, and let my iniquity pass away? for soon must I lie down in the dust; and thou wilt seek for me, but I shall be no more.

Job 19:20To my skin and to my flesh my bones do cleave, and I must sustain myself with the gums of my teeth.

Job 30:16And now my soul is poured out over me; the days of affliction have seized on me;

Psalms 30:9(30:10) What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the grave? Shall the dust thank thee? shall it announce thy truth?

Psalms 38:10(38:11) My heart is restless, my strength hath left me; and the light of my eyes—that also is no more with 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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