King James Version
Psalms 22:15 in the King James Version says “My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of de...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Psalms 22:15 · KJV
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. gaped: Heb. opened their mouths against me
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. out of: or, sundered
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.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is dried up”
H3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
“My strength”
H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
“and my tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
“cleaveth”
H1692properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
“of death”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
“and thou hast brought”
H8239to locate, i.e., (generally) hang on or (figuratively) establish, reduce
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