English Standard Version
Psalms 22:17
17I can count all my bones— they stare and gloat over me;
Psalms 22:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
- New International Version (NIV)All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I can count all my bones. My enemies stare at me and gloat.
Context of Psalms 22:17
15my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death. 16For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet— I can count all my bones— they stare and gloat over me; 18they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots. 19But you, O Lord, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid!
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 22:17 word by word
אֲסַפֵּ֥ר כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָ֑י הֵ֥מָּה יַ֝בִּ֗יטוּ יִרְאוּ־בִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 22:17
- Psalms 102:3For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
- Job 33:21His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.
- Isaiah 52:14As many were astonished at you— his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—
- Matthew 27:36Then they sat down and kept watch over him there.
- Mark 15:29And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
- Luke 23:27And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.
Commentaries on Psalms 22:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17I may tell all my bones - This may refer to the violent extension of his body when the whole of its weight hung upon the nails which attached his hands to the transverse beam of the cross. The body being thus extended, the principal bones became prominent, and easily discernible.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17I may tell all my bones - That is, I may count them. They are so prominent, so bare, that I can see them and count their number. The idea here is that of emaciation from continued suffering or from some other cause. As applied to the Redeemer, it would denote the effect of long protracted suffering and anxiety on his frame, as rendering it crushed, weakened, emaciated. Compare the notes at Isaiah 52:14; Isaiah 53:2-3. No one can prove that an effect such…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. 17-18I can count all my bones: The psalmist's enemies have shamed him by taking his clothes. Jesus also faced this humiliation (see Matthew 27:35). stare and gloat over me: Enemies make the psalmist a target of their ridicule (see Psalms 35:24, 26; 38:16; 55:3; compare 59:10). cast lots: Casting lots was sometimes a way for religious people to seek God's guidance (Leviticus 16:8; Numbers 27:21; Acts 1:24–26). Here, the lots are thrown as a game of chance. The…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. His emaciated frame, itself an item of his misery, is rendered more so as the object of delighted contemplation to his enemies. The verbs, "look" and "stare," often occur as suggestive of feelings of satisfaction (compare Psa 27:13; 54:7; 118:7).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
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