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The Agony of the Cross
Commentators unanimously see this verse as a vivid, prophetic description of Jesus' physical suffering during crucifixion. The imagery of being 'dried up like a potsherd' and a tongue sticking to the jaws points to the extreme fever and dehydration Jesus endured, culminating in His cry, 'I thirst' (John 19:28). The phrase 'dust of death' signifies being at the very edge of life.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 22:15
18th Century
Theologian
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, - A “potsherd” is a fragment of a broken pot, or a piece of earthenware. See Isaiah 45:9, …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 22:15
19th Century
Bishop
My strength. —The conjecture, “my palate,” instead of “my strength,” improves the parallelism. Others, though less aptly, “my mois…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 22:15
19th Century
Preacher
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;
Such was the intensity of his anguish that the fever wi…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 22:15
16th Century
Theologian
My strength is dried up. He means the vigor that is imparted to us by what physicians call the essential bodily moisture. What he adds in …
John Gill
On Psalms 22:15
17th Century
Pastor
My strength is dried up like a potsherd
The radical moisture of his body was dried up through his loss of blood and …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 22:11–21
17th Century
Minister
In these verses, we see Christ suffering and Christ praying, which directs us to expect suffering and to look up to God amidst it. The specific man…