Psalms 22:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ כַּחֶ֨רֶשׂ ׀ כֹּחִ֗י וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי מֻדְבָּ֣ק מַלְקוֹחָ֑י וְֽלַעֲפַר־מָ֥וֶת תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

yābēš like-ḥereś kōḥî and-ləšônî mudbāq malqôḥāy and-to-dust-of-māwet tišpətēnî

Grammar Details

• *yābēš*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'it is dried up'
• *ḥereś*: noun, masculine singular - 'potsherd/earthenware'
• *kōḥî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my strength'
• *ləšônî*: noun, common singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my tongue'
• *mudbāq*: verb, hophal participle, masculine singular - 'made to cling'
• *malqôḥāy*: noun, masculine dual with 1st person singular suffix - 'my jaws/gums'
• *māwet*: noun, masculine singular - 'death'
• *tišpətēnî*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular object suffix - 'you bring/place me'

Word Meanings

• *yābēš*: it is dried up/withered/parched
• *ḥereś*: potsherd/earthenware/clay
• *kōḥî*: my strength/power/might
• *mudbāq*: made to cling/stick/adhere
• *malqôḥāy*: my jaws/gums/palate
• *tišpətēnî*: you bring/place/lay me

Referenced Verses

• Zech 12:10 : 10 “I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
• Matt 27:35 : 35 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.
• John 19:23 : 23 Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained.(Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)
• John 19:37 : 37 And again another scripture says,“They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”
• Luke 23:33 : 33 So when they came to the place that is called“The Skull,” they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
• Mark 15:24 : 24 Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.
• John 20:25 : 25 The other disciples told him,“We have seen the Lord!” But he replied,“Unless I see the wounds from the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!”
• John 19:34 : 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out immediately.
• Luke 22:63-71 : 63 Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him. 64 They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly,“Prophesy! Who hit you?” 65 They also said many other things against him, reviling him. 66 When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council 67 and said,“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them,“If I tell you, you will not believe, 68 and if I ask you, you will not answer. 69 But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” 70 So they all said,“Are you the Son of God, then?” He answered them,“You say that I am.” 71 Then they said,“Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!”
• Luke 23:4-5 : 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds,“I find no basis for an accusation against this man.” 5 But they persisted in saying,“He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”
• Luke 23:10-11 : 10 The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him. 11 Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.
• Luke 23:23 : 23 But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.
• Mark 15:16-20 : 16 Jesus is Mocked So the soldiers led him into the palace(that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort. 17 They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 They began to salute him:“Hail, king of the Jews!” 19 Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him. 20 When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
• Ps 22:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
• Ps 22:20 : 20 Deliver me from the sword! Save my life from the claws of the wild dogs!
• Ps 59:6 : 6 They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.
• Ps 59:14 : 14 They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.
• Ps 86:14 : 14 O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.
• Isa 53:5 : 5 He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.
• Jer 12:6 : 6 As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.
• Matt 7:6 : 6 Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.
• Matt 26:57 : 57 Condemned by the Sanhedrin Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.
• Luke 11:53-54 : 53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things, 54 plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.
• John 20:27 : 27 Then he said to Thomas,“Put your finger here, and examine my hands. Extend your hand and put it into my side. Do not continue in your unbelief, but believe.”
• Phil 3:2 : 2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!
• Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!