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

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General references

Psalm 118:11

Matthew 27:41

Luke 23:23

Bible References

Gaped, etc

All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!"

They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

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Save me from the lion's mouth! Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

General references

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off.

Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,

But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.