They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
KJV
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
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They gaped upon me with their mouths,.... Either by way of derision and contempt,
Job 16:10
; or belching out blasphemy against him, or rather, with the greatest vehemency, crying out "Crucify him, crucify him",
Luk 23:21
; and this they did
as a ravening and roaring lion, when it has got its prey and rejoices,
Amo 3:4
; and being in such hands, and encompassed about with such enemies, as Christ was in the garden, in the high priest's hall, and in Pilate's judgment hall, is a third reason or argument used by him with God his Father, to be near to him and not far from him.
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