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Psalms 22:13
13They open their mouths like lions! They are ready to eat me! They are like lions that tear their food into pieces.
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
11So do not stay far from me now. Trouble is near to me, and there is nobody to help me. 12There is danger all round me, like the strong bulls of Bashan. I cannot move because my enemies are very near, all around me. They open their mouths like lions! They are ready to eat me! They are like lions that tear their food into pieces. 14My strength has gone, like water that is poured away. My bones do not join together properly. I feel weak inside and hope has disappeared. 15My mouth has become dry like a piece of a broken pot. My tongue sticks to my mouth. You have left me down in the dirt, as good as dead!
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 22:13 word by word
פָּצ֣וּ עָלַ֣י פִּיהֶ֑ם אַ֝רְיֵ֗ה טֹרֵ֥ף וְשֹׁאֵֽג׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 22:13
- Psalms 22:7Everyone that sees me laughs at me. They laugh and they shake their heads.
- Job 16:10People insult me and they laugh at me. They hit me on my face. They all join together to attack me.
- Lamentations 2:16All your enemies make noises through their teeth because they are very happy. ‘We have won!’ they say. ‘We have waited for this day. Now we have beaten you! Now we have seen it!’
- Lamentations 3:46All our enemies have insulted us.
- Matthew 26:3Then the leaders of the priests and the important Jews met together in the house of the most important priest. His name was Caiaphas.
- Psalms 22:21Do not let those lions eat me! Keep me safe from the horns of those wild bulls! I know that you have answered my prayer!
- Psalms 7:2If you do not keep me safe, my enemies will tear me into pieces. They will attack me like lions do, and nobody will be able to save me.
- Psalms 17:12They are like hungry lions. They want to tear me into pieces. They are hiding like young lions. They are ready to jump out and catch me!
- Psalms 35:17My Lord, how long will you continue to watch as they do this to me? Keep me safe when they attack me. They attack me like hungry lions. Do not let them kill me!
- Ezekiel 22:27The officers in the land are like wolves that catch other animals and tear them into pieces. They use their power to murder people so that they can take their money for themselves.
- 1 Peter 5:8Think seriously about how you live. Watch carefully for danger. Remember that the Devil is your enemy. He wants to hurt you. He walks about like a hungry lion. He is looking for someone to kill and then eat them!
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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