Psalms 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and you have brought me into the dust of death.

Updated King James Version

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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 in the midst of my bowels.

16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced 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, which am but dust and ashes:

Job 7:21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

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

Job 30:16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the 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 you? shall it declare your truth?

Psalms 38:10My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of mine 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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