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Psalms 22:13
13Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
Psalms 22:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Like lions they open their jaws against me, roaring and tearing into their prey.
Context of Psalms 22:13
11Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help. 12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me. 14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me. 15My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in 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 22:7All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
- Job 16:10People open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.
- Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths wide against you; they scoff and gnash their teeth and say, “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 have opened their mouths wide against us.
- Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
- Psalms 22:21Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
- Psalms 7:2or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
- Psalms 17:12They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover.
- Psalms 35:17How long, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
- Ezekiel 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain.
- 1 Peter 5:8Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to 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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