Text -- Psalms 22:13 (NET)

22:13 They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 22:13

¹ tn “They” refers to the psalmist’s enemies, who in the previous verse are described as “powerful bulls.”

² tn Heb “they open against me their mouth[s].” To “open the mouth against” is a Hebrew idiom associated with eating and swallowing (see Ezek 2:8; Lam 2:16).

³ tn Heb “a lion ripping and roaring.”