they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
Men have gaped at me with their mouth, they have struck me insolently upon the cheek, they mass themselves together against me.
They are like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.
Save me from the mouth of the lion, my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen!
All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads;
How long, O Lord, wilt thou look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my life from the lions!
They open wide their mouths against me; they say, “Aha, Aha! our eyes have seen it!”
lest like a lion they rend me, dragging me away, with none to rescue.
All your enemies rail against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth, they cry: “We have destroyed her! Ah, this is the day we longed for; now we have it; we see it!”
“All our enemies rail against us;
Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour.