Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New Living Translation My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead. English Standard Version my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death. Berean Standard Bible My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death. King James Bible 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 King James Version My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And My tongue clings to My jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of death. New American Standard Bible My strength is dried up like a piece of pottery, And my tongue clings to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death. NASB 1995 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death. NASB 1977 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And Thou dost lay me in the dust of death. Legacy Standard Bible My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death. Amplified Bible 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. Christian Standard Bible My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death. Holman Christian Standard Bible My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English My power has dried up like the clay vessel of a Potter; my tongue is stuck to the roof of my palate, and you have cast me into the dust of death. Brenton Septuagint Translation My strength is dried up, like a potsherd; and my tongue is glued to my throat; and thou hast brought me down to the dust of death. Contemporary English Version My strength has dried up like a broken clay pot, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You, God, have left me to die in the dirt. Douay-Rheims Bible My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation My strength is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death. Good News Translation My throat is as dry as dust, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have left me for dead in the dust. International Standard Version My strength is dried up like broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have brought me down to the dust of death. JPS Tanakh 1917 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my throat; And Thou layest me in the dust of death. Literal Standard Version My power is dried up as an earthen vessel, | And My tongue is cleaving to My jaws. Majority Standard Bible My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death. New American Bible As dry as a potsherd is my throat; my tongue cleaves to my palate; you lay me in the dust of death. NET Bible The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death. New Revised Standard Version my mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death. New Heart English Bible My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; and you have brought me into the dust of death. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death. Young's Literal Translation Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Psalm of the Cross…14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me. 15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death. 16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.… Cross References John 19:28 After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." Psalm 32:4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah Psalm 38:10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded. Psalm 104:29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. Psalm 137:6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy! Proverbs 17:22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. Lamentations 4:4 The nursing infant's tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. Treasury of Scripture My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue sticks to my jaws; and you have brought me into the dust of death. strength Psalm 32:3,4 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long… Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. tongue Psalm 69:3,21 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God… Job 29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. Lamentations 4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. into the Psalm 30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Psalm 104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Jump to Previous Broken Cleaves Cleaveth Death Dried Dry Dust Earthen Fixed Jaws Laid Layest Mouth Potsherd Power Roof Sticks Strength Throat Tongue VesselJump to Next Broken Cleaves Cleaveth Death Dried Dry Dust Earthen Fixed Jaws Laid Layest Mouth Potsherd Power Roof Sticks Strength Throat Tongue VesselPsalm 22 1. David complains in great discouragement9. He prays in great distress 23. He praises God (15) My strength.--The conjecture, "my palate," instead of "my strength," improves the parallelism. Others, but not so happily, "my moisture." The dust of death.--Comp. Shakespeare's "Macbeth:" "The way to dusty death." Verse 15. - My strength is dried up like a potsherd. All strength dies out under the action of the many acute pains which rack the whole frame, and as little remains as there remains of moisture in a potsherd. And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws. An extreme and agonizing thirst sets in - the secretions generally fail - and the saliva especially is suppressed, so that the mouth feels parched and dry. Hence the cry of suffering which was at last wrung from our Lord, when, just before the end, he exclaimed, "I thirst" (John 19:28). And thou hast brought me into the dust of death. "The dust of death" is a periphrasis for death itself, which is so closely associated in our thoughts with the dust of the tomb (see below, ver. 29; and comp. Psalm 30:10; Psalm 104:29; and Job 10:9; Job 34:35; Ecclesiastes 3:20; Ecclesiastes 12:7, etc.).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew My strengthכֹּחִ֗י (kō·ḥî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species) is dried up יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ (yā·ḇêš) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither like a potsherd, כַּחֶ֨רֶשׂ ׀ (ka·ḥe·reś) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2789: Earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd and my tongue וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי (ū·lə·šō·w·nî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3956: The tongue sticks מֻדְבָּ֣ק (muḏ·bāq) Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit to the roof of my mouth. מַלְקוֹחָ֑י (mal·qō·w·ḥāy) Noun - mdc | first person common singular Strong's 4455: The jaws, in, spoil You lay me תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽנִי׃ (tiš·pə·ṯê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 8239: Put -- to set (on the fire) in the dust וְֽלַעֲפַר־ (wə·la·‘ă·p̄ar-) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud of death. מָ֥וֶת (mā·weṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin Links Psalm 22:15 NIVPsalm 22:15 NLT Psalm 22:15 ESV Psalm 22:15 NASB Psalm 22:15 KJV Psalm 22:15 BibleApps.com Psalm 22:15 Biblia Paralela Psalm 22:15 Chinese Bible Psalm 22:15 French Bible Psalm 22:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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