Berean Standard Bible
“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.”
In the heart of Psalm 22, David describes his suffering in vivid physical terms: exhaustion, thirst and the feeling of being left for dead. Poets in Israel often used the body to express the whole person in crisis.
Open Study notes above for the full note.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Secóse como un tiesto mi vigor, y mi lengua se pegó á mi paladar; y me has puesto en el polvo de la muerte.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
mi fuerza se ha secado como una teja quemada por el sol; la lengua se me pega al paladar, porque me has echado en el polvo de la muerte.
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