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 Parallel

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 Parallel

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 Allusion

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 Parallel

Psalm 102:3 describes bones burned like a hearth, similar to the dried-up strength like a potsherd here.

Psalm 88:15 Parallel

Psalm 88:15 speaks of being afflicted and ready to die, echoing the 'dust of death' condition in this verse.

Psalm 32:4 Parallel

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 Parallel

Psalm 31:9 laments consumed eye and soul, sharing the theme of physical and emotional distress seen here.

Psalm 30:9 Parallel

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.

Matthew 27:50 Prophetic fulfillment

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 Prophetic fulfillment

John 19:28 records Jesus saying 'I thirst,' fulfilling the thirst described here—a direct prophecy-to-fulfillment connection.

Daniel 9:26 Parallel

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.

Daniel 12:2 Contrast

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.

1 Corinthians 15:3 Prophetic fulfillment

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.

Job 34:15 Parallel

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 Parallel

Job 33:21 depicts flesh wasting away and bones protruding, paralleling the dried-up strength and physical decay here.

Job 10:9 Parallel

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'.

Job 7:21 Parallel

In Job 7:21, Job speaks of sleeping in the dust — the same death imagery as the psalmist's 'dust of death'.

Genesis 18:27 Related theme

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'.