Psalms 22:13 Commentary: Rashi, Rambam, Ibn Ezra & More

סְ֭בָבוּנִי פָּרִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים אַבִּירֵ֖י בָשָׁ֣ן כִּתְּרֽוּנִי׃

Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

Rashi on Psalms

Great bulls Mighty kingdoms.
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Radak on Psalms

Bulls have surrounded me: – This is the trouble that is near at hand, that bulls have compassed me – a figure for lusty and powerful and wicked enemies. The interpretation of (רבים is)
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Rashi on Psalms

the mighty ones of Bashan That too is an expression of the bulls of Bashan, which are fat.
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