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Psalm 22:17 KJV

Psalms · chapter 22 · verse 17

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.Psalm 22:17 · King James Version

Psalm 22:17 in context

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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Commentary

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

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