Psalms 22:13

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

like a roaring lion that rips its prey. ³ 

Psalms 66:14

66:14 which my lips uttered

and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.

Psalms 144:7

144:7 Reach down ⁴  from above!

Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, ⁵ 

from the power of foreigners, ⁶ 

Psalms 144:10-11

144:10 the one who delivers ⁷  kings,

and rescued David his servant from a deadly ⁸  sword.

144:11 Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, ⁹ 

who speak lies,

and make false promises. ¹⁰ 

[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.”

[144:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “stretch out your hands.”

[144:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “mighty waters.” The waters of the sea symbolize the psalmist’s powerful foreign enemies, as well as the realm of death they represent (see the next line and Ps 18:16-17).

[144:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “from the hand of the sons of foreignness.”

[144:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “grants deliverance to.”

[144:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “harmful.”

[144:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “from the hand of the sons of foreignness.”

[144:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “who [with] their mouth speak falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.” See v. 8 where the same expression occurs.