They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
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Gill's Exposition
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,…
Barnes' Notes
They gaped upon me with their mouths - Margin, as in Hebrew, “opened their mouths against me.” That is, they opened their mouths wide as if they would devour me, as a lion does when he seizes upon his…
In these verses we have Christ suffering and Christ praying, by which we are directed to look for crosses and to look up to God under them.
I. Here is Christ suffering. David indeed was often in…
Cambridge Bible
They gaped&c. R.V., they gape upon me with their mouths (Lam 2:16; Lam 3:46); like a lion roaring as it prepares to spring upon its prey (Psa 7:2).
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