Psalms 22:13
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 22 connects to 10 cross-references. A lament psalm of David beginning with the famous cry 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' — cited by Jesus on the cross. The psalmist oscillates between anguished description of mockery and physical dissolution and declarations of …
Other Translations
They gape upon me with their mouth, Asa ravening and a roaring lion.
They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.
I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.
Cross References
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves …
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret …
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed …
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to …