All who see Me mock Me; they shoot out the lip; they shake the head, saying,

They also open wide their mouths against me and have said, Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it.

They have gaped at me with their mouth, and struck me reproachfully on the cheek; they gather together against me.

All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; they hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we waited for. We have found it, we have seen it.

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,

and said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, I adjure You by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!

Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard His blasphemy!

Deliver Me from the lion's mouth; from the horns of the oryx. You have answered Me.

lest they tear my soul like a lion, tearing it in pieces, and there is no one to rescue.

like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

O Jehovah, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my only one from the lions.

Her rulers in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, and to get dishonest gain.

Her prophets plastered them with whitewash, seeing vain visions, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, when Jehovah has not spoken.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.