Psalms 22:13

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
gaped	פָּצ֣וּ pa.Tzu	H6475	to rend · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
mouths	פִּיהֶ֑ם pi.Hem	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
ravening	טֹרֵ֥ף to.Ref	H2963	to pluck off or pull to pieces · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
roaring	וְשֹׁאֵֽג ve.sho.'Eg	H7580	to rumble or moan · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
lion	אַ֝רְיֵ֗ה 'ar.Yeh	H738	a lion · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Psalms 35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
Job 16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against…
Psalms 17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Lamentations 2:16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is…
Lamentations 3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Matthew 26:3-4 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called…
Matthew 26:59-65 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:11-21

In these verses we have Christ suffering and Christ praying, by which we are directed to look for crosses and to look up to God under them. I. Here is Christ suffering. David indeed was often in trouble, and beset with enemies; but many of the particulars here specified are such as were never true of David, and therefore must be appropriated to Christ in the depth of his humiliation. 1. He is here deserted by his friends: Trouble and distress are near, and there is none to help, none to uphold, Psa 22:11. He trod the wine-press alone; for all his disciples forsook him and fled. It is God's honour to help when all other helps and succours fail. 2. He is here insulted and surrounded by his ene…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 22:12

His enemies, with the vigor of bulls and rapacity of lions, surround him, eagerly seeking his ruin. The force of both figures is greater without the use of any particle denoting comparison.

John Gill on Psalms 22:13

They gaped upon me with their mouths,.... Either by way of derision and contempt, Job 16:10; or belching out blasphemy against him, or rather, with the greatest vehemency, crying out "Crucify him, crucify him", Luke 23:21; and this they did as a ravening and roaring lion, when it has got its prey and rejoices, Amos 3:4; and being in such hands, and encompassed about with such enemies, as Christ was in the garden, in the high priest's hall, and in Pilate's judgment hall, is a third reason or argument used by him with God his Father, to be near to him and not far from him.

John Calvin on Psalms 22:12-16

Psalm 22:12-16 12. Strong bulls have encompassed me; the bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13. They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 14. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed: 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 brought me to the dust of death. 16. For dogs have encompassed me; the assembly of the wicked have surrounded me: they have pierced my hands and my feet. 12. Strong bulls have encompassed me. The Psalmist now complains of the cruelty and barbarous rage of his enemies; and he compares them first to bulls…

The Church Fathers

"They opened their mouth upon Me" (ver. 13). They opened their mouth upon Me, not out of Thy Scripture, but of their own lusts. "As a ravening and roaring lion." As a lion, whose ravening is, that I was taken and led; and whose roaring, "Crucify, Crucify."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 22

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Dictionary and topics

Aijeleth Shahar — Hind of the dawn, a name found in the title of Ps. 22. It is probably the name of some song or tune to the measure of which the psalm was to be chanted. Some, however, understand by the name some…
Hind — Heb. ‘ayalah (2 Sam. 22:34; Ps. 18:33, etc.) and ‘ayeleth (Ps. 22, title), the female of the hart or stag. It is referred to as an emblem of activity (Gen. 49:21), gentleness (Prov. 5:19), feminine…
Ox — Heb. bakar, “cattle;” “neat cattle”, (Gen. 12:16; 34:28; Job 1:3, 14; 42:12, etc.); not to be muzzled when treading the corn (Deut. 25:4). Referred to by our Lord in his reproof to the Pharisees…
Lion · The roaring of — The roaring of
Lion, The · Illustrative: Of persecutors — Illustrative: Of persecutors
Persecution · OF JESUS — OF JESUS

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 22:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:11-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 22:12

John Gill on Psalms 22:13

John Calvin on Psalms 22:12-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 22:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:11-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 22:12

John Gill on Psalms 22:13

John Calvin on Psalms 22:12-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 22:12-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 22:12-18

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 22:13