Proverbia 22:15

Nova Vulgata

[22:16] Aruit tamquam testa palatum meum, et lingua mea adhaesit faucibus meis, et in pulverem mortis deduxisti me.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Numquid semitam s�culorum custodire cupis, quam calcaverunt viri iniqui,

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
span data-lang="lat" data-trans="jvl" data-ref="psa.22.1" class="versetxt"> Psalmus David. [Dominus regit me, et nihil mihi deerit:
in loco pascu�, ibi me collocavit.
Super aquam refectionis educavit me;
animam meam convertit.
Deduxit me super semitas justiti�
propter nomen suum.
Nam etsi ambulavero in medio umbr� mortis,
non timebo mala, quoniam tu mecum es.
Virga tua, et baculus tuus,
ipsa me consolata sunt.
Parasti in conspectu meo mensam
adversus eos qui tribulant me;
impinguasti in oleo caput meum:
et calix meus inebrians, quam pr�clarus est!
Et misericordia tua subsequetur me
omnibus diebus vit� me�;
et ut inhabitem in domo Domini
in longitudinem dierum.]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

strength: Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4, Proverbs 17:22

tongue: Psalms 69:3, Psalms 69:21, Job 29:10, Lamentations 4:4, John 19:28

into the: Psalms 30:9, Psalms 104:29, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 18:27, Job 7:21, Job 10:9, Job 34:15, Isaiah 53:12, Daniel 12:2, Matthew 27:50, 1 Corinthians 15:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:14 - the fat that covereth Deuteronomy 16:7 - roast Judges 15:18 - he was sore Job 33:21 - his bones Psalms 31:9 - my soul Psalms 88:15 - while Psalms 102:3 - my bones Psalms 113:7 - out of Psalms 119:25 - soul Psalms 119:83 - like a bottle in the smoke Psalms 137:6 - let my tongue Isaiah 26:19 - Awake Isaiah 41:17 - their tongue Isaiah 52:14 - his visage Ezekiel 45:17 - he shall prepare Daniel 9:26 - Messiah Matthew 17:23 - they shall John 11:52 - not John 12:24 - if John 19:30 - It is John 19:42 - laid John 20:9 - that Acts 8:33 - for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,.... The radical moisture of his body was dried up through his loss of blood and spirits, and through the violent fever upon him, brought on him by his being hurried from court to court; and which generally attends persons under a panic, in consternation and fear of danger and death, and at crucifixion; or this was occasioned by the inward sorrow and distress of his mind, which affected his body and dried his bones, as a broken spirit is said to do, Proverbs 17:22; and chiefly it was brought upon him through the sense he had the wrath of God, which like fire dried up his strength, just as a potsherd burnt in a furnace; which expresses his dolorous sufferings, which were typified by the passover lamb being roasted with fire, and the manna being baked in pans;

and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; so that he could not, or rather would not, speak; this phrase sometimes signifying silence, Job 29:10 Ezekiel 3:26. Thus Christ answered not a word to the charges of the false witnesses before the high priest, nor to the accusations of the chief priests and elders before Pilate; nor did he open his mouth, when he was led to be crucified, neither against the law and justice of God, nor against his people for whom he suffered, nor against his enemies who used him cruelly; when he was reviled he reviled not again; but rather this was occasioned by thirst, through the violent fever that was upon him; see Lamentations 4:4; Hence, when he hung upon the cross, he said, "I thirst", John 19:28;

and thou hast brought me into the dust of death; meaning either death itself, which brings to the dust, and which is signified in this psalm by going down to it, Psalms 22:29; or the grave, where the body crumbles into dust, and where it is covered with dust, and therefore is said to sleep in the dust of the earth, Daniel 12:2; and accordingly the Targum renders it here, "thou hast shut me up in the house of the grave": now Christ both died and was laid in the grave, though he did not lie there so long as to corrupt and decompose, yet he might be truly said to be laid in the dust: and this is attributed to God, to his counsel, disposal, and Providence; and even whatever was done to Christ antecedent to his death, and which led on to it, were what God's hand and counsel had determined to be done; and though it was with wicked hands the Jews took Christ and used him in the manner after related, and crucified and slew him, he was delivered to them by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God; and by these he was delivered into the hands of justice, and brought to death itself, Acts 2:23.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, note; and Job 2:8, note. The meaning here is, that his strength was not vigorous like a green tree that was growing, and that was full of sap, but it was like a brittle piece of earthenware, so dry and fragile that it could be easily crumbled to pieces.

And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws - See the notes at Job 29:10. The meaning here is, that his mouth was dry, and he could not speak. His tongue adhered to the roof of his mouth so that he could not use it - another description of the effects of intense thirst. Compare John 19:28.

And thou hast brought me into the dust of death - Or, as we should say, “to dust” - “to the grave” - to the dust where death reigns. See the notes at Daniel 12:2. The meaning is, that he was near death; or, was just ready to die. Who can show that the Redeemer when on the cross may not in his own meditations have gone over these very expressions in the psalm as applicable to himself?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 22:15. My strength is dried up — All these expressions mark a most distressed and hopeless case.

Into the dust of death. — This means only that he was apparently brought nigh to the grave, and consequent corruption; this latter David saw; but Jesus Christ never saw corruption.