Psalms 22:13

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

11Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 12Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round. They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion. 14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.

Psalms 22:13 word by word

פָּצ֣וּ עָלַ֣י פִּיהֶ֑ם אַ֝רְיֵ֗ה טֹרֵ֥ף וְשֹׁאֵֽג׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 22:13

• Psalms 22:7All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying:]
• Job 16:10They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.
• Lamentations 2:16All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen [it].
• Lamentations 3:46All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
• Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,
• Psalms 22:21Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.
• Psalms 7:2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.
• Psalms 17:12He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.
• Psalms 35:17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young lions.
• Ezekiel 22:27Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
• 1 Peter 5:8Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary [the] devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may 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

Topics related to Psalms 22:13

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Lion
• Persecution

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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