Psalms 22:14
12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13 They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
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.
16 For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It is melted within me.
- ASV
- I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
- DARBY
- I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
- BLB
- I am poured out like water, and all of my bones are separated; my heart has become like wax, [and] has melted in the midst of my bowels.
- ÅB
- Jeg er tømt ut som vann,
og alle beinene mine er ute av ledd.
Hjertet mitt er som voks, smeltet inni meg. - OTB
- Jeg er utøst som vann,
Og alle mine ben er ute av ledd;
Mitt hjerte er som voks;
Det har smeltet i meg. - B1930
- Jeg er utøst som vann, og alle mine ben skiller sig at; mitt hjerte er som voks, smeltet midt i mitt liv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 31:10
For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
Read in contextJob 30:16
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.
Read in contextPsalms 22:17
I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
Read in contextDaniel 5:6
his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
Read in contextJob 23:16
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
Read in contextJoshua 7:5
And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
Read in contextMark 14:33–34
He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
Read in contextJohn 12:27
Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
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