Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 22:21
21Save me from the lion’s mouth, from the horns of wild oxen. You answered me!
Psalms 22:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
- New International Version (NIV)Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Save Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.
Context of Psalms 22:21
19But you, Lord, don’t be far away. My strength, come quickly to help me. 20Rescue my life from the sword, my only life from the power of these dogs. Save me from the lion’s mouth, from the horns of wild oxen. You answered me! 22I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters; I will praise you in the assembly. 23You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! All you descendants of Israel, revere him!
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 22:21 word by word
ה֭וֹשִׁיעֵנִי מִפִּ֣י אַרְיֵ֑ה וּמִקַּרְנֵ֖י רֵמִ֣ים עֲנִיתָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 22:21
- Luke 22:53Every day while I was with you in the temple, you never laid a hand on me. But this is your hour — and the dominion of darkness.”
- John 14:30I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me.
- 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that I might fully preach the word and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
- Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt; he is like the horns of a wild ox for them.
- Deuteronomy 33:17His firstborn bull has splendor, and horns like those of a wild ox; he gores all the peoples with them to the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.
- Job 30:9Now I am mocked by their songs; I have become an object of scorn to them.
- Isaiah 34:7The wild oxen will be struck down with them, and young bulls with the mighty bulls. Their land will be soaked with blood, and their soil will be saturated with fat.
- John 8:59So they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple.
- Psalms 22:25I will give praise in the great assembly because of you; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear you.
- Psalms 40:9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; see, I do not keep my mouth closed — as you know, Lord.
Commentaries on Psalms 22:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Save me from the lion's mouth - Probably our Lord here includes his Church with himself. The lion may then mean the Jews; the unicorns, רמים remim (probably the rhinoceros), the Gentiles. For the unicorn, see the note on Numbers 23:22. There is no quadruped or land animal with one horn only, except the rhinoceros; but there is a marine animal, the narwhal or monodon, a species of whale, that has a very fine curled ivory horn, which projects from its…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Save me from the lion‘s mouth - His enemies represented as fierce and ravening lions, compare Psalm 22:13, For thou hast heard me - The word “heard” in this place is equivalent to “saved” - or saved in answer to prayer. The fact of “hearing” the prayer, and answering it, is regarded as so identical, or the one as so certainly following from the other, that they may be spoken of as the same thing. From the horns of the unicorns - The idea here is, that he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 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. The very manner of Christ's death is described, though not in use among the Jews. They pierced his hands and his feet, which were nailed to the accursed tree, and his whole body was left so to hang as to suffer the most severe pain and torture. His natural force failed, being wasted by the fire of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-21The psalmist prays to God for help with his troubles. Only the Lord can protect him from dogs, lions, and oxen.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. Deliverance pleaded in view of former help, when in the most imminent danger, from the most powerful enemy, represented by the unicorn or wild buffalo. the lion's mouth--(Compare Psa 22:13). The lion often used as a figure representing violent enemies; the connecting of the mouth intimates their rapacity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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