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 th…

Ravening. — Literally, tearing in pieces. (Lamentations 3:10.)

Roaring. — (Compare to …

Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water,…

They gaped upon me [with] their mouths
Either by way of derision and contempt, (Job 16:10); or belching …

In these verses, we see Christ suffering and Christ praying, which directs us to expect suffering and to look up to God amidst it. The specific man…

1. In the previous psalms, the sufferings which David endured from his son and from Saul seemed to be addre ed. Now here, in the third set o…