Psalm 22:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷A pack of dogs surrounds me;
    a band of evildoers is closing in on me.
They have pierced my hands and my feet;^[a]
¹⁸    I can count all my bones.^[b]
They stare at me and gloat;
¹⁹    they divide my garments among them,
    and for my clothing they cast lots.^[c]

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Footnotes

Psalm 22:17 Pierced my hands and my feet: his limbs are wounded by the dogs as he seeks to fend off their attacks (see also Isa 53:5; Zec 12:10; Jn 19:34). Although the phrase finds its complete fulfillment in Christ’s crucifixion, it is not expressly used by the evangelists in the Passion account.
Psalm 22:18 I can count all my bones: this could also be translated as “I must display all my bones.” The meaning is that one is attacked and stripped of his garments (see v. 19).
Psalm 22:19 Explicitly cited in Jn 19:24 as a prophecy fulfilled in the action of the soldiers who divided Christ’s garments among them on Calvary.