Psalms 22:16

For dogs have surrounded me,—An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

In Context

15Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou lay me.

17I may tell all my bones, They, look for—they behold me!

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Cross References

Psalms 22:20Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self:

Psalms 59:6They return at evening, They grow like a dog, And go round the city.

Psalms 86:14O God, the insolent, have arisen against me, And, the assembly of tyrants, have sought my life, And have not set thee before them.

Jeremiah 12:6For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they! have betrayed thee, Even they, have cried after thee with full voice,—Do not trust in them, though they speak unto thee fair words.

Matthew 7:6Do not give what is holy unto dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine,—lest once they trample, them, down with their feet, and, turning, tear, you.

Matthew 27:35And, having crucified him, they parted among themselves his garments, casting a cloth;

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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