Psalms 22:21

19 But You, O Lord, do not be far from Me;
O My Strength, hasten to help Me!

20 Deliver Me from the sword,
^aMy¹ precious life from the power of the dog.

21 ^aSave Me from the lion’s mouth
And from the horns of the wild oxen!
^bYou have answered Me.

22 ^aI will declare Your name to ^bMy brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

23 ^aYou who fear the Lord, praise Him!
All you¹ descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!

24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from Him;
But ^awhen He cried to Him, He heard.

25 ^aMy praise shall be of You in the great assembly;
^bI will pay My vows before those who fear Him.

26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever!

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Save me from the lion' s mouth - Probably our Lord here includes his Church with himself. The lion may then mean the Jews; the unicorns, 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 snout. One in my own museum measures seven feet four inches and is very beautiful. Some of these animals have struck their horn through the side of a ship and with it they easily transfix the whale, or any such animal. The old Psalter says, "The unicorn es ane of the prudest best that es, so that he wil dye for dedeyn if he be haldyn ogayn his wil."

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