New King James Version
Psalms 22:21
21Save Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have 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 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 from Me; O My Strength, hasten to help Me! 20Deliver Me from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog. Save Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me. 22I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You. 23You who fear the Lord, praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And fear 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 daily in the temple, you did not try to seize 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, and he has nothing in Me.
- 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
- Numbers 23:22God brings them out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox.
- Deuteronomy 33:17His glory is like a firstborn bull, And his horns like the horns of the wild ox; Together with them He shall push the peoples 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 am their taunting song; Yes, I am their byword.
- Isaiah 34:7The wild oxen shall come down with them, And the young bulls with the mighty bulls; Their land shall be soaked with blood, And their dust saturated with fatness.”
- John 8:59Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
- Psalms 22:25My praise shall be of You in the great assembly; I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.
- Psalms 40:9I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness In the great assembly; Indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O Lord, You Yourself know.
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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