Psalm 22:21
New International Version
Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.

New Living Translation
Snatch me from the lion’s jaws and from the horns of these wild oxen.

English Standard Version
Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!

Berean Standard Bible
Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

King James Bible
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

New King James Version
Save Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.

New American Standard Bible
Save me from the lion’s mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

NASB 1995
Save me from the lion’s mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

NASB 1977
Save me from the lion’s mouth; And from the horns of the wild oxen Thou dost answer me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Save me from the mouth of the lion; From the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me.

Amplified Bible
Save me from the lion’s mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

Christian Standard Bible
Save me from the lion’s mouth, from the horns of wild oxen. You answered me!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.

American Standard Version
Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Save me from the mouth of the lion and my humility from the horn of pride

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Save me from the lion's mouth; and regard my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns.

Contemporary English Version
Don't let lions eat me. You rescued me from the horns of wild bulls,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.

English Revised Version
Save me from the lion's mouth; yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Save me from the mouth of the lion and from the horns of wild oxen. You have answered me.

Good News Translation
Rescue me from these lions; I am helpless before these wild bulls.

International Standard Version
Deliver me from the mouth of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen. You have answered me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen do Thou answer me.

Literal Standard Version
Save Me from the mouth of a lion | And You have answered Me from the horns of the high places!

Majority Standard Bible
Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

New American Bible
Save me from the lion’s mouth, my poor life from the horns of wild bulls.

NET Bible
Rescue me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered me!

New Revised Standard Version
Save me from the mouth of the lion! From the horns of the wild oxen you have rescued me.

New Heart English Bible
Save me from the lion's mouth. Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

World English Bible
Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.

Young's Literal Translation
Save me from the mouth of a lion: -- And -- from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!

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Context
The Psalm of the Cross
20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs. 21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me! 22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.…

Cross References
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

Job 39:9
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

Psalm 3:7
Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

Psalm 22:12
Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

Psalm 22:13
They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

Psalm 34:4
I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 35:17
How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.


Treasury of Scripture

Save me from the lion's mouth: for you have heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

me from

Luke 22:53
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

John 14:30
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

2 Timothy 4:17
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

horns

Numbers 23:22
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

Deuteronomy 33:17
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

Job 30:9,10
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword…

in the

Psalm 22:25
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

Psalm 40:9,10
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest…

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Psalm 22
1. David complains in great discouragement
9. He prays in great distress
23. He praises God














(21) Unicorns.--See Numbers 23:22; either "buffaloes" or "antelopes." There is some uncertainty about the translation of the second clause of this verse. It may be (1) "And from the horns of buffaloes hear me," i.e., hear me calling for help from the horns, &c; or (2) "Save me from the lion's mouth, and from the horns of buffaloes Thou hast heard me"--a sudden transition from plaintive prayer to exultant faith; or (3), following the LXX. and Vulg., "And from the horns of buffaloes save me, poor and humble as I am." The first is, on the whole, preferable, as preserving the parallelism better.

Verse 21. - Save me from the lion's mouth (comp. ver. 13). Either the chief persecutors, viewed as a class, or Satan, their instigator, would seem to be intended. For thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns; rather, even from the horns of the win oxen hast thou heard me. The conviction suddenly comes to the Sufferer that he is heard. Still, the adversaries are round about him - the "dogs," the "lions," and the "strong bulls of Bashan," now showing as ferocious wild cattle, menacing him with their horns. But all the Sufferer's feelings are changed. The despondent mood has passed away. He is not forsaken. He has One to help. In one way or another he knows himself - feels himself - delivered; and he passes from despair and agony into a condition of perfect peace, and even exultation. He passes, in fact, from death to life, from humiliation to glory; and at once he proceeds to show forth his thankfulness by a burst of praise. The last strophe of the psalm (vers. 22-31) is the jubilant song of the Redeemer, now that his mediatorial work is done, and his life of suffering "finished" (John 19:30).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Save me
ה֭וֹשִׁיעֵנִי (hō·wō·šî·‘ê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor

from the mouth
מִפִּ֣י (mip·pî)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

of the lion;
אַרְיֵ֑ה (’ar·yêh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 738: A lion

at the horns
וּמִקַּרְנֵ֖י (ū·miq·qar·nê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - fdc
Strong's 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power

of the wild oxen
רֵמִ֣ים (rê·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7214: A wild bull

You have answered Me!
עֲנִיתָֽנִי׃ (‘ă·nî·ṯā·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond


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