Psalms 22:13

22:13 They ¹  open their mouths to devour me ² 

like a roaring lion that rips its prey. ³ 

Psalms 145:16

145:16 You open your hand,

and fill every living thing with the food they desire. ⁴ 

Psalms 119:105

נ (Nun)

119:105 Your word ⁵  is a lamp to walk by,

and a light to illumine my path. ⁶ 

Psalms 51:15

51:15 O Lord, give me the words! ⁷ 

Then my mouth will praise you. ⁸ 

[22:13]  ¹ tn “They” refers to the psalmist’s enemies, who in the previous verse are described as “powerful bulls.”

[22:13]  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).

[22:13]  ³ tn Heb “a lion ripping and roaring.”

[145:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “[with what they] desire.”

[119:105]  ⁷ tn Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural (“words”).

[119:105]  ⁸ tn Heb “[is] a lamp for my foot and a light for my path.”

[51:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “open my lips.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

[51:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and my mouth will declare your praise.”