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 their mouths like lions! They are ready to eat me! They are like lions that tear their food into pieces. 14My strength has gone, like water that is poured away. My bones do not join together properly. I feel weak inside and hope has disappeared. My mouth has become dry like a piece of a broken pot. My tongue sticks to my mouth. You have left me down in the dirt, as good as dead! 16Wicked people are everywhere around me. They are ready to attack me, like a group of wild dogs. They tear apart my hands and my feet. 17My body is so weak I can count all my bones. My enemies look at me and they laugh. They are happy because I have pain.

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 said nothing to God about my sin, my whole body became weak. I cried all the time because of the pain.
• Proverbs 17:22If you are happy in life, you will be healthy. But if you are sad and upset, your body will be weak.
• Psalms 69:3I have shouted so much for help that I am tired and weak. My mouth is so dry that it hurts. I have looked so long for help from you, my God, that my eyes have become weak.
• Job 29:10The important leaders would be quiet. They would not want to say anything.
• Lamentations 4:4The mouths of the babies in Jerusalem are completely dry, because they are so thirsty. And the young children ask for food, but nobody gives them anything to eat.
• John 19:28After this, Jesus knew that everything was now finished. Then he said, ‘I am thirsty.’ He said this so that things would happen in the way the Bible already said.
• Psalms 30:9If I go down into the deep hole of death, that will not help you! My dead body cannot praise you there! It cannot tell people to trust you!
• Psalms 104:29When you turn away from them, they become very afraid. When you take away their breath, they die and they return to the dust.
• Genesis 3:19You will have to work hard for a long time before you have any food to eat. You will do this for your whole life until you die. Then you will return into the ground. That is where you came from. I made you from the soil of the ground, and you will become soil again.’
• Genesis 18:27Then Abraham spoke again. He said, ‘I have been brave enough to speak to the Lord. I know that I am nothing more than dust and ashes.
• Job 7:21You should agree to forgive my sins. You should say that I am not guilty. I will soon die and I will go into my grave. Then you will carefully look for me, but I will not be there.’
• Job 10:9Remember that you made me, like someone who uses clay to make things. Will you now make me become dust again?
• Job 34:15If he did that, everyone that is alive would die. As humans, we would become dirt again.
• Isaiah 53:12So I will put him in a place of honour, as a great person deserves. He will share the good things that powerful men receive when they have won a battle. He deserves this, because he agreed to die as a sacrifice. People thought that he himself was a sinner when he took away the sins of many people. He prayed that God would forgive sinners.’
• Daniel 12:2Many dead people who lie under the ground will become alive again. Some of them will receive life that continues for ever with God. But other people will receive shame that continues for ever.
• Matthew 27:50Then Jesus shouted again with a loud voice, and after that he died.

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
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings