Psalms 22:21
19 But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
22 I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
23 You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
- KJV
- Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
- WEB
- Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.
- ASV
- Save me from the lion`s mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
- DARBY
- Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.
- BLB
- Save me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen answer me.
- ÅB
- Redd meg fra løvens gap,
og fra villoksenes horn -
du bønnhører meg! - OTB
- Redd meg fra løvens munn;
Fra de ville oksenes horn har du svart meg. - B1930
- Frels mig fra løvens gap, og fra villoksenes horn - du bønnhører mig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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.
Read in context1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Read in contextActs 4:27
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
Read in contextJohn 14:30
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
Read in contextNumbers 23:22
God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:7
And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
Read in contextJohn 8:59
At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
Read in contextActs 5:30–32
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
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