Psalm 22:21 “Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You…”

Psalm 22:21

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

Save me from the lion’s mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Saue me from the lyons mouth, and answere me in sauing me from the hornes of the vnicornes.

Darby Translation

Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.

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Cross references

“me from”

2 Timothy 4:17 1 Peter 5:8 John 14:30 Luke 22:53

2 Timothy 4:17 · BSB

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.

1 Peter 5:8 · BSB

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

John 14:30 · BSB

I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.

Luke 22:53 · BSB

Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”

“horns”

Numbers 23:22 Acts 4:27 Isaiah 34:7 John 8:59 Deuteronomy 33:17 Acts 5:30–32

Numbers 23:22 · BSB

God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.

Acts 4:27 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 34:7 · BSB

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.

John 8:59 · BSB

At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.

Deuteronomy 33:17 · BSB

His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.…

Acts 5:30–32 · BSB

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.

Read Psalm 22