Psalms 22:15 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 22:15

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 10:229 (253)

[We know] that even if … all the bones of Christ appear to be scattered in persecutions and afflictions by the plots of those who wage war against the unity of the temple by persecutions, the temple will be raised up and the body will arise on the third day.

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The Medieval Church1 voice

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 22 (604)

And so fire cooked the meats of our Lamb, because the very power of His passion rendered Him stronger for resurrection and strengthened Him for incorruption. For He who recovered from death—clearly His flesh was hardened by fire. Hence also through the Psalmist He says: "My strength has dried up like a potsherd." For what is a potsherd before fire except soft clay? But it is subjected to fire so that it may become solid. Therefore the strength of His humanity dried up like a potsherd, because from the fire of passion it grew into the power of incorruption.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The life of the sinner was forfeited, and therefore the life of the sacrifice must be the ransom for it. The sentence of death passed upon Adam was thus expressed: Unto dust thou shalt return. And therefore Christ, having an eye to that sentence in his obedience to death, here uses a similar expression: Thou hast brought me to the dust of death.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

"My strength is dried up like a potsherd." Most complete debility is here portrayed; Jesus likens himself to a broken piece of earthenware, or an earthen pot, baked in the fire till the last particle of moisture is driven out of the clay. No doubt a high degree of feverish burning afflicted the body of our Lord. All his strength was dried up in the tremendous flames of avenging justice, even as the paschal lamb was roasted in the fire. "My tongue cleaveth to my jaws;" thirst and fever fastened his tongue to his jaws.

Modern Voices1 voice

Chuck Missler

1934–2018

How Can We Be Sure? (article) (2021)

Psalm 22 reads as if it was dictated, first person singular, as He hung on the cross, even though it was written 700 years earlier.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ	ya.Vesh	it has dried up	H3001 →
כַּחֶ֨רֶשׂ׀	ka.Che.res	like <the> earthenware	H2789 →
כֹּחִ֗י	ko.Chi	strength my	H3581 →
וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי	U.le.sho.ni	and tongue my	H3956 →
מֻדְבָּ֣ק	mud.Bak	[has been] made to cling to	H1692 →
מַלְקוֹחָ֑י	mal.ko.Chai	jaws my	H4455 →
וְֽלַעֲפַר־	ve.la.'a.far-	and to [the] dust of	H6083 →
מָ֥וֶת	Ma.vet	death	H4194 →
תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽנִי׃	tish.pe.Te.ni	you put me	H8239 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 19:28
After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
leads to
- Psalms 69:21
  They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
- Luke 22:37
  For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 19:30
  When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
- Luke 18:31
  Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
Through
Psalms 69:21
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
leads to
- Matthew 27:34
  they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
- Luke 23:36
  The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.
- Mark 15:23
  There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.
- Matthew 27:48
  One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms