OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 16

Psalms 22:16

For dogs have surrounded me.

A company of evildoers have enclosed me.

They have pierced my hands and feet.^†

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Psalms 22:16 in context

Psalms 22:13–19

They open their mouths wide against me,

lions tearing prey and roaring.

I am poured out like water.

All my bones are out of joint.

My heart is like wax.

It is melted within me.

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.

Selected verse

For dogs have surrounded me.

A company of evildoers have enclosed me.

They have pierced my hands and feet.^†

I can count all of my bones.

They look and stare at me.

They divide my garments among them.

They cast lots for my clothing.

But don’t be far off, LORD.

You are my help. Hurry to help me!

Notes from World English Bible Updated

So Dead Sea Scrolls. Masoretic Text reads, “Like a lion, they pin my hands and feet.”

Read the complete chapter in World English Bible Updated.