# Psalms 22.15

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 13. They gape upon me with their mouth, As a ravening and a roaring lion. 14. I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
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> **15. 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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> 16. For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. 17. I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me; (Psalms 22:13-17, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 13. They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring. 14. I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
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> **15. My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.**
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> 16. For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet. 17. I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me. (Psalms 22:13-17, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 13. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. <sup>gaped: Heb. opened their mouths against me</sup> 14. 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. <sup>out of: or, sundered</sup>
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> **15. 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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> 16. For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. (Psalms 22:13-17, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 13. They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring. 14. As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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> **15. Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.**
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> 16. And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet. 17. I count all my bones, they look expectingly, They look upon me, (Psalms 22:13-17, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Cursed Messiah Objection Defeater](/codex/cursed-messiah-objection-defeater/), via [Psalms 22.14-18](/codex/psalms-22-14-18/)
- [Psalm 22 Pierced Mistranslation Objection Defeater](/codex/psalm-22-pierced-mistranslation-objection-defeater/), via [Psalms 22.14-15](/codex/psalms-22-14-15/)

**Concepts:**

- [Biblical Prophecy](/codex/biblical-prophecy/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.