Psalms 35:28

35:28 Then I will tell others about your justice, ¹ 

and praise you all day long. ² 

Psalms 22:15

22:15 The roof of my mouth ³  is as dry as a piece of pottery;

my tongue sticks to my gums. ⁴ 

You ⁵  set me in the dust of death. ⁶ 

[35:28]  ¹ tn Heb “and my tongue will proclaim your justice.”

[35:28]  ² tn Heb “all the day your praise.” The verb “proclaim” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the previous line).

[22:15]  ³ tc 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.

[22:15]  ⁴ tn Cf. NEB “my jaw”; NASB, NRSV “my jaws”; NIV “the roof of my mouth.”

[22:15]  ⁵ 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).

[22:15]  ⁶ sn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to the progressive nature of the action. The psalmist is in the process of dying.