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15 My mouth[a] is as dry as a piece of baked pottery.
    My tongue is sticking to the roof of my mouth.
    You have left me dying in the dust.
16 The “dogs” are all around me—
    a pack[b] of evil people has trapped me.
    They have pierced my hands and feet.[c]
17 I can see each one of my bones.
    My enemies are looking at me;
    they just keep staring.

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  1. Psalm 22:15 mouth Or “strength.”
  2. Psalm 22:16 pack A group of dogs. Dogs travel together in packs to hunt and kill other animals for food.
  3. Psalm 22:16 They … feet Literally, “Like a lion, my hands and feet.”

15 My mouth[a] is dried up like a potsherd,(A)
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;(B)
    you lay me in the dust(C) of death.

16 Dogs(D) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce[b](E) my hands and my feet.
17 All my bones are on display;
    people stare(F) and gloat over me.(G)

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  1. Psalm 22:15 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text strength
  2. Psalm 22:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text me, / like a lion