Psalms 22:14

Psalms 22:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
• New King James Version (NKJV)I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me.
• New Living Translation (NLT)My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me.

Context of Psalms 22:14

12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. 13Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me. 15My 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. 16Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.

Psalms 22:14 word by word

כַּמַּ֥יִם נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי֮ וְהִתְפָּֽרְד֗וּ כָּֽל־עַצְמ֫וֹתָ֥י הָיָ֣ה לִ֭בִּי כַּדּוֹנָ֑ג נָ֝מֵ֗ס בְּת֣וֹךְ מֵעָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I am poured outשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• like waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• and all my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• are out of jointפָּרַדpârad · to separateH6504
• my heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• is like waxדּוֹנַגdônag · waxH1749
• it is meltedמָסַסmâsas · to meltH4549
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of my bowelsמֵעֶהmê‛eh · bellyH4578

Cross-references for Psalms 22:14

• Joshua 7:5who killed about thirty-six of them. They chased the Israelites from the city gate as far as the stone quarries and struck them down on the slopes. At this the hearts of the people melted in fear and became like water.
• Matthew 26:38Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
• Luke 22:44And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
• John 12:27“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
• Psalms 22:17All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.
• Daniel 5:6His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his legs became weak and his knees were knocking.
• Psalms 68:2May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
• Job 23:16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
• Mark 14:33He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.

Commentaries on Psalms 22:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I am poured out like water - That is, as the old Psalter: Thai rought na mare to sla me than to spil water. The images in this verse are strongly descriptivr of a person in the deepest distress; whose strength, courage, hope, and expectation of succor and relief, had entirely failed. Our Lord's sufferings were extreme; but I cannot think there is any sound theologic sense in which these things can be spoken of Christ, either in his agony in the garden, or…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14I am poured out like water - The sufferer now turns from his enemies, and describes the effect of all these outward persecutions and trials on himself. The meaning in this expression is, that all his strength was gone. It is remarkable that we have a similar expression, which is not easily accounted for, when we say of ourselves that “we are as weak as water.” An expression similar to this occurs in Joshua 7:5: “The hearts of the people melted, and became…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. 14The psalmist feels like he is poured out like water. This describes a temporary and empty life that leaves him drained.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

Topics related to Psalms 22:14

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Bowels
• Heart
• Persecution
• Wax

In the dictionaries

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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