English Standard Version
Psalms 22:21
21Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Save Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Snatch me from the lion’s jaws and from the horns of these wild oxen.
Context of Psalms 22:21
19But you, O Lord, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid! 20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog! Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen! 22I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you: 23You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
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 22:53When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
- John 14:30I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,
- 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Numbers 23:22God brings them out of Egypt and is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
- Deuteronomy 33:17A firstborn bull—he has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh."
- Job 30:9"And now I have become their song; I am a byword to them.
- Isaiah 34:7Wild oxen shall fall with them, and young steers with the mighty bulls. Their land shall drink its fill of blood, and their soil shall be gorged with fat.
- John 8:59So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
- Psalms 22:25From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
- Psalms 40:9I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O 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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