Psalm 22:13

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Summary

Psalm 22:13

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

Gaped, etc

As a

General references

Psalm 118:11

Matthew 27:41

Luke 23:23

Bible References

Gaped, etc

All who see me

sneer at me;

They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,

They opened their mouth wide against me;
They said, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

“They have gaped at me with their mouth,
They have

slapped me on the cheek with contempt;

They have massed themselves against me.

All your enemies
Have opened their mouths wide against you;
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have swallowed her up!
Surely this is the day for which we waited;
We have reached it, we have seen it.”

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;

As a

Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

Or he will tear my soul like a lion,

Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.

He is like a lion that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.

Lord, how long will You look on?
Rescue my soul from their ravages,
My only life from the lions.

Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.

Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

General references

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,

But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail.