Psalms 22:16
And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.
17I count all my bones — they look expectingly, They look upon me,
Cross References
Psalms 22:20Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one.
Psalms 59:6They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.
Psalms 86:14O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them,
Jeremiah 12:6For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they dealt treacherously against thee, Even they — they called after thee fully, Trust not in them, when they speak to thee good things.
Matthew 7:6'Ye may not give that which is [holy] to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned — may rend you.
Matthew 27:35And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, 'They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;'
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 →