19 But be not thou far off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword: my [a]desolate soul from the power of the dog.

21 [b]Save me from the lion’s mouth, and answer me in saving me from the horns of the unicorns.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:20 My life that is solitary, left alone and forsaken of all, Ps. 35:17 and 25:16.
  2. Psalm 22:21 Christ is delivered with a more mighty deliverance by overcoming death, than if he had not tasted death at all.

19 But you, Lord, do not be far from me.(A)
    You are my strength;(B) come quickly(C) to help me.(D)
20 Deliver me from the sword,(E)
    my precious life(F) from the power of the dogs.(G)
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;(H)
    save me from the horns of the wild oxen.(I)

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