Psalms 22:15

Psalms 22:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.
• English Standard Version (ESV)my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And My tongue clings to My jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of death.

Context of Psalms 22:15

13They open wide their mouths against me, Like a ravening and a roaring lion. 14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; It is melted [by anguish] within me. My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery; And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws; And You have laid me in the dust of death. 16For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me; A gang of evildoers has encircled me, They pierced my hands and my feet. 17I can count all my bones; They look, they stare at me.

Psalms 22:15 word by word

יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ כַּחֶ֨רֶשׂ׀ כֹּחִ֗י וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי מֻדְבָּ֣ק מַלְקוֹחָ֑י וְֽלַעֲפַר־מָ֥וֶת תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• is dried upיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• like a potsherdחֶ֫רֶשׂchereώ · earthenwareH2789
• and my tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• cleavethדָּבַקdâbaq · to cleaveH1692
• to my jawsמַלְקוֹחַmalqôach · jawH4455
• and thou hast broughtשָׁפַתshâphath · to setH8239
• me into the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• of deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194

Cross-references for Psalms 22:15

• Psalms 32:3When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
• Proverbs 17:22A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.
• Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.
• Job 29:10The voices of the nobles were hushed, And their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
• Lamentations 4:4The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for food, But no one gives it to them.
• John 19:28After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said in fulfillment of the Scripture, “I am thirsty.”
• Psalms 30:9“What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]?
• Psalms 104:29You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their breath, they die And return to their dust.
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face You will eat bread Until you return to the ground, For from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”
• Genesis 18:27Abraham answered, “Now behold, I who am but dust [in origin] and ashes have decided to speak to the Lord.
• Job 7:21Why then do You not pardon my transgression And take away my sin and guilt? For now I will lie down in the dust; And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”
• Job 10:9Remember now, that You have made me as clay; So will You turn me into dust again?
• Job 34:15All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust.
• Isaiah 53:12Therefore, I will divide and give Him a portion with the great [kings and rulers], And He shall divide the spoils with the mighty, Because He [willingly] poured out His life to death, And was counted among the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore and took away the sin of many, And interceded [with the Father] for the transgressors.
• Daniel 12:2Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).
• Matthew 27:50And Jesus cried out again with a loud [agonized] voice, and gave up His spirit [voluntarily, sovereignly dismissing and releasing His spirit from His body in submission to His Father’s plan].

Commentaries on Psalms 22:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15My strength is dried up - All these expressions mark a most distressed and hopeless case. Into the dust of death - This means only that he was apparently brought nigh to the grave, and consequent corruption, this latter David saw; but Jesus Christ never saw corruption.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, - A “potsherd” is a fragment of a broken pot, or a piece of earthenware. See Isaiah 45:9, note; and Job 2:8, note. The meaning here is, that his strength was not vigorous like a green tree that was growing, and that was full of sap, but it was like a brittle piece of earthenware, so dry and fragile that it could be easily crumbled to pieces. And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws - See the notes at Job 29:10. The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 In these verses we have Christ suffering, and Christ praying; by which we are directed to look for crosses, and to look up to God under them. The very manner of Christ's death is described, though not in use among the Jews. They pierced his hands and his feet, which were nailed to the accursed tree, and his whole body was left so to hang as to suffer the most severe pain and torture. His natural force failed, being wasted by the fire of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Facing adversity is as terrible as dying of thirst (see Psalm 137:6). Jesus might have thought of this verse when he said, “I am thirsty” (John 19:28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. Utter exhaustion and hopeless weakness, in these circumstances of pressing danger, are set forth by the most expressive figures; the solidity of the body is destroyed, and it becomes like water; the bones are parted; the heart, the very seat of vitality, melts like wax; all the juices of the system are dried up; the tongue can no longer perform its office, but lies parched and stiffened (compare Ge 49:4; 2Sa 14:14; Psa 58:8). In this, God is…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
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• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
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• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
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