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Psalms 22:16

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

KJV

For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

ASV

יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ כַּ/חֶ֨רֶשׂ כֹּחִ֗/י וּ֭/לְשׁוֹנִ/י מֻדְבָּ֣ק מַלְקוֹחָ֑/י וְֽ/לַ/עֲפַר מָ֥וֶת תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽ/נִי

Hebrew

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.

YLT

For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דָבְקָה
dbqh
verb · 54×
הֹבִ֥ישׁ
hbysh
verb · 73×
וֹ
v
noun · 127×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
חָ֑רֶשׂ
chrsh
noun · 17×
ם
m
noun · 116×
מַּלְק֔וֹחַ
mlqvch
noun · 8×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
שְׁפֹת֙
shpt
verb · 5×

Themes

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Do we then run and labor in vain? Are we sowing upon the rocks? Does the seed fall upon the rocks? Does the seed fall without our knowing it by the wayside, and among thorns? I am greatly troubled and fear, lest our husbandry be unprofitable; not as though I shall be a loser as well as you, touching the reward of this labor. For it is not with those who teach as it is with h…
Chapter 17.—Of Those Things in the 110th Psalm Which Relate to the Priesthood of Christ, and in the 22d to His Passion. Just as in that psalm also where Christ is most openly proclaimed as Priest, even as He is here as King, “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at my right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.”10911091 Ps. cx. 1. That Christ sits on the right hand of…
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? This Psalm is preeminently the Psalm of the Cross. Christ himself uttered these words upon the cross. The details of piercing the hands and feet, casting lots for the garments, the mockery of the bystanders — all were literally fulfilled in the passion of Christ. Yet the Psalm ends in triumph, with the declaration that all the ends of …
On the Incarnation · 2 passages
For the prophets did not simply prophesy concerning Christ in general terms, but they foretold even the manner of His death, and the events of His Passion. Isaiah says: 'I gave My back to the smiters, and My cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not My face from shame and spitting.' See Isa. l. 6. And: 'He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before his …
But the Jews say, How can this man be God, when He was born like us and grew up like us? To them I reply: If you admit that the prophets spoke by the Holy Spirit, then examine what they prophesied and tell me honestly — the things which the prophets foretold, in whom were they fulfilled? 'A virgin shall conceive' — where did this take place except in Mary? 'Out of Bethlehem sha…
'My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?' See Ps. xxii. 1 and Matt. xxvii. 46 and Mark xv. 34. These are the words of Christ upon the Cross. The Psalm is spoken in the person of Christ crucified. Not that God the Father forsook the Son; but the human nature, which He took upon Himself, cried out in its weakness. For He truly suffered, and His suffering was real, not feigned.…
As I have already proved, Christ is called both God and Lord of hosts and Jacob, by the Spirit of prophecy through the Psalmist. And your interpreters, as God says, are foolish, for they say that the psalm applies to Hezekiah, when it is clear that it speaks of Christ. For it says: 'Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of equity is the sceptre of Thy kingdom. Thou…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 23:26 — And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men roun
  • 2Kgs 8:13 — And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
  • Isa 53:5 — But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
  • Jer 12:6 — For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee
  • Job 16:10 — They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
  • John 3:14 — And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
  • John 12:32 — And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
  • John 18:32 — That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
  • John 19:23 — Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
  • John 19:34 — But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
  • John 19:37 — And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
  • John 19:37 — And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
  • John 20:25 — The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and th
  • John 20:27 — Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
  • Luke 11:53 — And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
  • Luke 22:63 — And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
  • Luke 23:4 — Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
  • Luke 23:5 — And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
  • Luke 23:10 — And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
  • Luke 23:23 — And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
  • Luke 23:33 — And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
  • Luke 23:33 — And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
  • Mark 15:16 — And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
  • Mark 15:24 — And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
  • Mark 15:24 — And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
  • Matt 7:6 — Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
  • Matt 26:57 — And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
  • Matt 27:35 — And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
  • Matt 27:35 — And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
  • Phil 2:8 — And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
  • Phil 3:2 — Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
  • Phil 3:2 — Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
  • Ps 18:4 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
  • Ps 22:1 — My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
  • Ps 22:1 — My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
  • Ps 22:20 — Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
  • Ps 27:2 — When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
  • Ps 54:3 — For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
  • Ps 59:6 — They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
  • Ps 59:14 — And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.