Psalms 22:21
They are like hungry lions that want to eat me, like wild cows that try to hurt me with their horns. Please save me from all my enemies. Yes, I prayed like that, and you listened to me.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
In Context
20Don’t let my enemies kill me with their long knives. They are like wild dogs trying to kill me.
Cross References
John 14:30All right, I will not tell you much more, because the boss over the bad spirits is getting close now. He is the boss over this world, but he is not my boss, so he can’t tell me what to do.
Acts 5:30You got men to kill Jesus by nailing him to a cross. But God made him alive again. We Jewish people respect God, and so did our grand-fathers that lived a long time ago. That same God made Jesus alive again.
1 Peter 5:8You have to think clearly and watch out for your enemy, the devil. He is the boss over all the bad spirits, and he is going around looking for people to trick. He is like a wild animal that is going around and looking for somebody to kill and eat.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:12-22
The Sufferings of the Messiah; The Messiah Supported in His Sufferings. 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast… Read the whole commentary →