Psalms 22:14

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The psalmist speaks in a moment of acute physical collapse, describing his own condition while surrounded by hostile attackers who resemble roaring lions.

The words — נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי (nish.pakh.Ti) literally means "I have been poured out," and כַּ/דּוֹנָ֑ג (ka./do.Nag) literally means "like wax."

The thread — The image of poured-out vitality appears in Job 30:16, and the draining of strength and wasting of bones runs through Psalm 31:10.

Why it lands — The text reports a complete physical and emotional collapse, demanding the reader confront the reality of profound distress before considering any theological resolution.

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The Hebrew words

כַּמַּ֥יִםka./Ma.yimlike <the>/ water נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי֮nish.pakh.TiI have been poured out וְהִתְפָּֽרְד֗וּve./hit.pa.re.Duand/ they have become dislocated כָּֽל־kal-all עַצְמ֫וֹתָ֥יatz.Mo.Ta/ibones/ my הָיָ֣הha.Yahit has become לִ֭בִּיLi.b/iheart/ my כַּדּוֹנָ֑גka./do.Naglike <the>/ wax נָ֝מֵ֗סna.Mesit has melted בְּת֣וֹךְbe./Tokhin/ [the] midst of מֵעָֽי׃me.'A/iinward parts/ my

King James Version

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

Cross-references

Job 30:16 And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.
Psalms 22:17 I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
Psalms 31:10 For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
Daniel 5:6 his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
Job 23:16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
Joshua 7:5 And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
Mark 14:33 He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
Luke 22:44 And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
John 12:27 Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
Matthew 26:38 Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”