Psalm 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Cross-references
Psalm 69:21 describes thirst being answered with vinegar—a specific echo of the thirst implied by the tongue cleaving here, both messianic.
Psalm 69:3 echoes the same physical exhaustion: 'my throat is dried' from crying, directly paralleling the tongue cleaving from thirst here.
Psalm 137:6 uses the identical phrase 'tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth' as a self-curse, echoing the physical description here.
Psalm 119:83 compares the psalmist to a dried bottle in smoke, mirroring the dried-up strength like a potsherd here.
Psalm 119:25 says 'my soul cleaveth unto the dust' and asks for quickening, directly paralleling the dust of death and plea here.
Psalm 102:3 describes bones burned like a hearth, similar to the dried-up strength like a potsherd here.
Psalm 88:15 speaks of being afflicted and ready to die, echoing the 'dust of death' condition in this verse.
Psalm 32:4 uses the same drought imagery—'my moisture turned into summer drought'—to describe physical wasting under God's hand, paralleling the dried strength here.
Psalm 31:9 laments consumed eye and soul, sharing the theme of physical and emotional distress seen here.
Psalm 30:9 asks 'Shall the dust praise thee?' referring to death, paralleling the 'dust of death' here—both use dust as a symbol of mortality.
Psalm 104:29 says 'they die and return to their dust,' echoing the 'dust of death' here—both depict death as returning to dust.
Lamentations 4:4 says 'the tongue of the sucking child cleaveth...for thirst,' directly mirroring the thirst-induced tongue cleaving here.
In Matthew 27:50, Jesus dies on the cross — fulfilling the psalmist's description of being brought into the dust of death.
John 19:28 records Jesus saying 'I thirst,' fulfilling the thirst described here—a direct prophecy-to-fulfillment connection.
Daniel 9:26 prophesies the Messiah being 'cut off' — both verses point to the death of the Anointed One.
In Judges 15:18, Samson also cries out from extreme thirst, mirroring the desperate physical state described here.
Isaiah 52:14 describes the Messiah's marred appearance — both verses depict the physical suffering of the coming Servant.
In Isaiah 53:12, the servant pours out his soul to death — echoing the psalmist's extreme suffering and death imagery.
In Daniel 12:2, those who sleep in the dust will awake — a resurrection hope contrasting with the psalmist's being brought into the dust of death.
Genesis 3:19 declares 'unto dust shalt thou return,' the same mortality theme as 'dust of death' here—both ground death in the curse.
In 1 Corinthians 15:3, Paul says Christ died for sins according to the Scriptures — Psalm 22:15 is part of that scriptural witness.
Isaiah 26:19 promises resurrection from the dust, contrasting with the dust of death here and offering hope.
In Job 34:15, Elihu declares that all flesh returns to dust — the same fate as the psalmist's 'dust of death'.
Job 33:21 depicts flesh wasting away and bones protruding, paralleling the dried-up strength and physical decay here.
In Job 10:9, Job asks if God will bring him back to dust — the same return to dust as the psalmist's 'dust of death'.
In Job 7:21, Job speaks of sleeping in the dust — the same death imagery as the psalmist's 'dust of death'.
In Genesis 18:27, Abraham calls himself 'dust and ashes' — the same imagery of human frailty and mortality as the psalmist's 'dust of death'.