The Meaning of Psalms 22:16 Explained

Psalms 22:16

KJV: For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

YLT: And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

Darby: For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

ASV: For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

Discover Psalms 22:16

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 22:16?

MEANING: What does Psalms 22:16 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 22:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 22:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For dogs  have compassed  me: the assembly  of the wicked  have inclosed  me: they pierced  {08675;0738> my hands  and my feet. 

What does Psalms 22:16 Mean?

Verse Meaning

David compared his enemies to wild dogs that had him surrounded and were waiting to finish him off. Already he felt as though they had begun to tear him apart by biting his extremities, his hands and feet. Years later, the enemies of the Lord Jesus actually did pierce His hands and His feet when they nailed Him to the cross (cf. Luke 24:39-40). [1]

Context Summary

Psalms 22:16-31 - The Testimony Of The Delivered
In the middle of Psalms 22:21 there is a remarkable change from the plaintive to the triumphant: supplication and entreaty break out into exultation; hope saves the broken harp from the hands of despair, restrings it, and extracts from it strains to which angels, on their way home to God, are constrained to listen.
He who had said, Thou hearest not, Psalms 22:2, confesses that all the while God has been hearing and helping. Now Jesus will join the saints in psalms of praise. See John 17:26 (will make it known) and Hebrews 2:12. Man may abhor a worm, but God uses worms to thresh mountains, Isaiah 41:14-15.
In the closing verses there is a sure forecast of the effects of the death on the Cross not only upon the Jews, but also upon the ends of the earth, that is, the Gentiles. The usurper shall be dethroned, Psalms 22:28; resurrection shall be accomplished, Psalms 22:29; and a spiritual seed shall satisfy the Redeemer's travail, Psalms 22:30. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 22

1  David complains in great discouragement
9  He prays in great distress
23  He praises God

What do the individual words in Psalms 22:16 mean?

For have surrounded Me dogs the congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me they pierced My hands and My feet
כִּ֥י סְבָב֗וּנִי כְּלָ֫בִ֥ים עֲדַ֣ת מְ֭רֵעִים הִקִּיפ֑וּנִי כָּ֝אֲרִ֗י יָדַ֥י וְרַגְלָֽי

סְבָב֗וּנִי  have  surrounded  Me 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural, first person common singular
Root: סָבַב  
Sense: to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or arou nd, surround, encircle, change direction.
כְּלָ֫בִ֥ים  dogs 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֶּלֶב  
Sense: dog.
עֲדַ֣ת  the  congregation 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֵדָה  
Sense: congregation, gathering.
מְ֭רֵעִים  of  the  wicked 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural
Root: מֵרֵעַ 
Sense: to be bad, be evil.
הִקִּיפ֑וּנִי  has  enclosed  Me 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural, first person common singular
Root: נָקַף 
Sense: to strike, strike off.
כָּ֝אֲרִ֗י  they  pierced 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כּוּר 
Sense: to dig, excavate, dig through.
יָדַ֥י  My  hands 
Parse: Noun, fdc, first person common singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
וְרַגְלָֽי  and  My  feet 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, fdc, first person common singular
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.

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