Psa 22:15 | NETfull | 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 ^{▼▼ Heb “my strength” (כֹּחִי, kokhiy), but many prefer to emend the text to חִכִּי (khikiy, “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. ^{▼▼ Cf. NEB “my jaw”; NASB, NRSV “my jaws”; NIV “the roof of my mouth.”}
You ^{▼▼ 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. ^{▼▼ The imperfect verbal form draws attention to the progressive nature of the action. The psalmist is in the process of dying.}