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Psalm 22:16-17 KJV
Psalms · chapter 22 · verses 16–17
16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.Psalm 22:16-17 · King James Version
Psalm 22:16-17 in context
14I 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.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
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Key words (Strong's)
- compassedçâbabto revolve, surround, or borderH5437 →
- assemblyʻêdâha stated assemblageH5712 →
- inclosednâqaphto strike with more or less violenceH5362 →
- piercedkârâhproperly, to digH3738 →
- piercedʼărîya lionH738 →
- wickedrâʻaʻproperly, to spoilH7489 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
- bonesʻetsema boneH6106 →
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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. I. Here is Christ suffering. David indeed was often in trouble, and beset with enemies;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-21