New King James Version
Psalms 22:13
13They gape at Me with their mouths, Like a raging and roaring lion.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Like lions they open their jaws against me, roaring and tearing into their prey.
Context of Psalms 22:13
11Be not far from Me, For trouble is near; For there is none to help. 12Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me. They gape at Me with their mouths, Like a raging and roaring lion. 14I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me. 15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And My tongue clings to My jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of death.
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 22:7All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
- Job 16:10They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.
- Lamentations 2:16All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; We have found it, we have seen it!”
- Lamentations 3:46All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.
- Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
- Psalms 22:21Save Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.
- Psalms 7:2Lest they tear me like a lion, Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
- Psalms 17:12As a lion is eager to tear his prey, And like a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Psalms 35:17Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their destructions, My precious life from the lions.
- Ezekiel 22:27Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy people, and to get dishonest gain.
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, 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
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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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