Psalms 22:13

13 Like hungry, roaring lions they open their mouths at me.

Psalms 22:13 Meaning and Commentary

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 ) ( John 19:6 ) ; 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.

Psalms 22:13 In-Context

11 So don't be far away from me. Now trouble is near, and there is no one to help.

12 People have surrounded me like angry bulls. Like the strong bulls of Bashan, they are on every side.

13 Like hungry, roaring lions they open their mouths at me.

14 My strength is gone, like water poured out onto the ground, and my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it has melted inside me.

15 My strength has dried up like a clay pot, and my tongue sticks to the top of my mouth. You laid me in the dust of death.