Discovery BoxPsalms 22:13 
Context22:13 They 1 open their mouths to devour me 2
like a roaring lion that rips its prey. 3
Psalms 58:6
Context58:6 O God, break the teeth in their mouths!
Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!
Psalms 78:30
Context78:30 They were not yet filled up, 4
their food was still in their mouths,
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 “they were not separated from their desire.”
