Psalm 22:14-18

Why Have You Forsaken Me?

14 I am s poured out like water,
and all my bones are t out of joint;
my u heart is like v wax;
it is melted within my breast;
 15 my strength is w dried up like a potsherd,
and my x tongue sticks to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust of death.

16 For y dogs encompass me;
a company of evildoers z encircles me;
they have a pierced my hands and feet 1 -
17 I can count all my bones -
they b stare and gloat over me;
 18 c they divide my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.

  1. Cross References
    Lamentations 2:11
    My eyes are spent with weeping; my stomach churns; my bile is poured out to the ground because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because infants and babies faint in the streets of the city.
  2. Cross References
    Daniel 5:6
    Then the king's color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.
  3. Cross References
    Job 23:16
    God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
    Nahum 2:10
    Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts melt and knees tremble; anguish is in all loins; all faces grow pale!
    Joshua 2:11
    And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 68:2
    As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
  5. Cross References
    Proverbs 17:22
    A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
  6. Cross References
    John 19:28
    After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said ( to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst.
    Job 29:10
    The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
  7. Cross References
    Philippians 3:2
    Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.
    Revelation 22:15
    Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 88:17
    They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together.
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 27:35
    And when they had crucified him, they divided h...
    Mark 15:24
    And they crucified him and divided his garments...
    Luke 23:33
    And when they came to the place that is called ...
    Luke 24:40
    And when he had said this, he showed them his h...
    John 19:23
    When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they too...
    John 19:37
    And again another Scripture says, "They will lo...
    John 20:25
    So the other disciples told him, "We have seen ...
    Zechariah 12:10
    And I will pour out on the house of David and t...
  10. Cross References
    Luke 23:35
    And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!
  11. Cross References
    John 19:24
    So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be." This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, "They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots." So the soldiers did these things.
    Matthew 27:35
    And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.
    Luke 23:34
    And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they cast lots to divide his garments.
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