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Psalm 22

Sal. 22:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My strength
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
is dried up
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
like a potsherd
cheres (Hebrew #2789)
a piece of pottery
KJV usage: earth(-en), (pot-)sherd, + stone.
Pronounce: kheh'-res
Origin: a collateral form mediating between 2775 and 2791
; and my tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
cleaveth
dabaq (Hebrew #1692)
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Pronounce: daw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
to my jaws
malqowach (Hebrew #4455)
transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken)
KJV usage: booty, jaws, prey.
Pronounce: mal-ko'-akh
Origin: from 3947
; and thou hast brought
shaphath (Hebrew #8239)
to locate, i.e. (generally) hang on or (figuratively) establish, reduce
KJV usage: bring, ordain, set on.
Pronounce: shaw-fath'
Origin: a primitive root
me into the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
of death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
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tongue.
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Sal. 30:9• 9¿Qué provecho hay en mi muerte, cuando yo descienda al hoyo? ¿Te alabará el polvo? ¿anunciará tu verdad? (Sal. 30:9)
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Sal. 104:29• 29Escondes tu rostro, túrbanse: Les quitas el espíritu, dejan de ser, Y tórnanse en su polvo. (Sal. 104:29)
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Gn. 3:19• 19En el sudor de tu rostro comerás el pan hasta que vuelvas á la tierra; porque de ella fuiste tomado: pues polvo eres, y al polvo serás tornado. (Gn. 3:19)
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Gn. 18:27• 27Y Abraham replicó y dijo: He aquí ahora que he comenzado á hablar á mi Señor, aunque soy polvo y ceniza: (Gn. 18:27)
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Job 7:21• 21¿Y por qué no quitas mi rebelión, y perdonas mi iniquidad? Porque ahora dormiré en el polvo, Y si me buscares de mañana, ya no seré. (Job 7:21)
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Job 10:9• 9Acuérdate ahora que como á lodo me diste forma: ¿Y en polvo me has de tornar? (Job 10:9)
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Job 34:15• 15Toda carne perecería juntamente, Y el hombre se tornaría en polvo. (Job 34:15)
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Is. 53:12• 12Por tanto yo le daré parte con los grandes, y con los fuertes repartirá despojos; por cuanto derramó su vida hasta la muerte, y fué contado con los perversos, habiendo él llevado el pecado de muchos y orado por los transgresores. (Is. 53:12)
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Dn. 12:2• 2Y muchos de los que duermen en el polvo de la tierra serán despertados, unos para vida eterna, y otros para vergüenza y confusión perpetua. (Dn. 12:2)
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Mt. 27:50• 50Mas Jesús, habiendo otra vez exclamado con grande voz, dió el espíritu. (Mt. 27:50)
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1 Co. 15:3• 3Porque primeramente os he enseñado lo que asimismo recibí: Que Cristo fué muerto por nuestros pecados conforme á las Escrituras; (1 Co. 15:3)
 He is down in the dust of death; but Jehovah has brought Him there. The point here is His state—the dust of death: only He looks at the real source of all, at the thoughts and counsels of Jehovah, This is perfection in this respect: entire sensibility as to, and moral perception of, the character of the enemies, who are the instruments of our suffering; but looking, through it all, to the ways and wisdom and will of God, and God in faithful relationship to us, the true source of all. (Scripture Imagery: 61. The Manna, the Quails, the Sabbath by J.C. Bayley)
 The utter prostration, and straining of every member of the body, and the thirst, all pass before us. (Psalms 21 by H. Smith)
 While the sufferings inflicted by man are felt with all the perfect sensibilities of Christ, yet they are taken as coming from God (vs. 15). Thus God alone is the One to whom the Sufferer looks for help and deliverance. (Psalms 21 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.