Psalms 22:13
They have opened their mouth against Me, || A lion tearing and roaring.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
In Context
12Many bulls have surrounded Me, || Mighty ones of Bashan have surrounded Me,
Cross References
Psalms 7:2Lest he tear my soul as a lion, || Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
Psalms 22:7All beholding Me mock at Me, || They make free with the lip—shake the head,
Psalms 35:17Lord, how long do You behold? Keep my soul back from their desolations, || My only one from young lions.
Lamentations 2:16Opened against you their mouth have all your enemies, || They have hissed, indeed, they gnash the teeth, || They have said: “We have swallowed [her] up, || Surely this [is] the day that we looked for, || We have found—we have seen.”
Ezekiel 22:27Its princes [are] as wolves in its midst, || Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, || For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.
Matthew 26:59And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put Him to death,
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 →