Psalms 22:14
They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.
Cross References
Joshua 7:5And were defeated by the men of the city of Hai, and there fell of them six and thirty men : and the enemies pursued them from the gate as far as Sabarim, and they slew them as they fled by the descent: and the heart of the people was struck with fear, and melted like water.
Job 23:16God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.
Psalms 22:17For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.
Psalms 35:21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said : Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it.
Lamentations 3:46Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Nahum 2:10She is destroyed, and rent, and torn: the heart melteth, and the knees fail, and all the loins lose their strength: and the faces of them all are as the blackness of a kettle.
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 →