KJV King James Version
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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Psalm 22:21
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
WEB World English Bible
Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.
ASV American Standard Version
Save me from the lion’s mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Save me from the mouth of a lion:—And—from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!
Surrounding context — Psalm 22
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
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2 Timothy 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:John 14:30Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.Acts 4:27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.Isaiah 34:7And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.John 8:59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.Deuteronomy 33:17His glory [is like] the firstling of his bullock, and his horns [are like] the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they [are] the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they [are] the thousands of Manasseh.Acts 5:30-32The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.Luke 22:53When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.Job 39:9-10Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
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