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.
My strength is dried up - My vital power is like the moisture speedily dried up in a "potsherd " or earthen My strength is dried up - My vital power is like the moisture speedily dried up in a "potsherd," or earthen vessel exposed to heat. The drying up of the vital juices of the body caused the excessive thirst which Christ felt on the cross (John 19:28).
My tongue cleaveth to my jaws - or 'to my palate' (Hengstenberg); the effect of the parched state of his mouth (Lamentations 4:4). and thou hast brought me into the dust of death-literally, 'thou hast brought me to belong to lª- the dust of death' - i:e., the dust of the grave. Messiah traces all His sufferings to God, and takes little account of intermediate causes; thereby He was just in that position of faith which ensures ultimate deliverance.