Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 22:13
13They open their mouths against me — lions, mauling and roaring.
Psalms 22:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
- New International Version (NIV)Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They gape at Me with their mouths, Like a raging and roaring lion.
Context of Psalms 22:13
11Don’t be far from me, because distress is near and there’s no one to help. 12Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me. They open their mouths against me — lions, mauling and roaring. 14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting within me. 15My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death.
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 22:13 word by word
פָּצ֣וּ עָלַ֣י פִּיהֶ֑ם אַ֝רְיֵ֗ה טֹרֵ֥ף וְשֹׁאֵֽג׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 22:13
- Psalms 22:7Everyone who sees me mocks me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join themselves together against me.
- Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for! We have lived to see it.”
- Lamentations 3:46“All our enemies open their mouths against us.
- Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,
- Psalms 22:21Save me from the lion’s mouth, from the horns of wild oxen. You answered me!
- Psalms 7:2or they will tear me like a lion, ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.
- Psalms 17:12They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
- Psalms 35:17Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages; rescue my precious life from the young lions.
- Ezekiel 22:27“Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
Commentaries on Psalms 22:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13They gaped upon me - They were fiercely and madly beat on my destruction.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13They gaped upon me with their mouths - Margin, as in Hebrew, “opened their mouths against me.” That is, they opened their mouths wide as if they would devour me, as a lion does when he seizes upon his prey. In Psalm 22:7 they are represented as “opening” the mouth for another purpose - that of derision or scorn; here they are described as if they were fierce and wild beasts ready to fall upon their prey. As a ravening and roaring lion - The word…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 In these verses we have Christ suffering, and Christ praying; by which we are directed to look for crosses, and to look up to God under them. The very manner of Christ's death is described, though not in use among the Jews. They pierced his hands and his feet, which were nailed to the accursed tree, and his whole body was left so to hang as to suffer the most severe pain and torture. His natural force failed, being wasted by the fire of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-18The psalmist again shares his deep pain and suffering (see Psalm 22:1–2, 6–8). His trouble comes from human beings who act like wild animals.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1312-13. His enemies, with the vigor of bulls and rapacity of lions, surround him, eagerly seeking his ruin. The force of both figures is greater without the use of any particle denoting comparison.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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