Psa 22:15 | NET2full | STEP | The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery ; my tongue sticks to my gums . You set me in the dust of death .

‏ Psalms 22:15

15 The roof of my mouth ^{▼▼tc Heb “my strength” (כֹּחִי, kokhi), but many prefer to emend the text to חִכִּי (khiki, “my palate”; cf. NEB, NRSV “my mouth”) assuming that an error of transposition has occurred in the traditional Hebrew text.} is as dry as a piece of pottery;
my tongue sticks to my gums. ^{▼▼tn Cf. NEB “my jaw”; NASB, NRSV “my jaws”; NIV “the roof of my mouth.”}
You ^{▼▼sn Here the psalmist addresses God and suggests that God is ultimately responsible for what is happening because of his failure to intervene (see vv. 1-2, 11).} set me in the dust of death. ^{▼▼sn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to the progressive nature of the action. The psalmist is in the process of dying.}