Psalms 22:14
\22:13\I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
13\22:12\A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.
Cross References
Joshua 7:5The men of Ai put to death about thirty-six of them, driving them from before the town as far as the stoneworks, and overcoming them on the way down: and the hearts of the people became like water.
Job 23:16For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.
Psalms 22:17\22:16\Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
Psalms 35:21Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.
Lamentations 3:46The mouths of all our haters are open wide against us.
Nahum 2:10\2:9\Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:12-22
The Sufferings of the Messiah; The Messiah Supported in His Sufferings. 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast… Read the whole commentary →