Psalms Chapter 22 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 22:21

Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
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BBE Psalms 22:21

Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.
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DARBY Psalms 22:21

Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.
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KJV Psalms 22:21

Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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WBT Psalms 22:21

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
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WEB Psalms 22:21

Save me from the lion's mouth; Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen you have answered me.
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YLT Psalms 22:21

Save me from the mouth of a lion: -- And -- from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.