22:13 They 1 open their mouths to devour me 2
like a roaring lion that rips its prey. 3
124:6 The Lord deserves praise, 4
for 5 he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.
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.”
4 tn Heb “blessed [be] the
5 tn Heb “[the one] who.”