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Psalms 22:21

NETBible	Rescue me from the mouth of the lion,¹ and from the horns of the wild oxen!² You have answered me!³
NIV © biblegateway Psa 22:21	Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 22:21	Save me from the lion’s mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.
NLT © biblegateway Psa 22:21	Snatch me from the lions’ jaws, and from the horns of these wild oxen.
MSG © biblegateway Psa 22:21	If you don't show up soon, I'm done for--gored by the bulls, meat for the lions.
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 22:21	Be my saviour from the lion’s mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 22:21	Save me from the mouth of the lion! From the horns of the wild oxen you have rescued me.
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 22:21	Save Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.
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KJV	Save <03467> (8685) me from the lion's <0738> mouth <06310>_: for thou hast heard <06030> (8804) me from the horns <07161> of the unicorns <07214>_.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 22:21	Save <03467> me from the lion's <0743> mouth <06310> ; From the horns <07161> of the wild <07214> oxen <07214> You answer <06030> me.
LXXM	(21:22) swson <4982> V-AAD-2S me <1473> P-AS ek <1537> PREP stomatov <4750> N-GSN leontov <3023> N-GSM kai <2532> CONJ apo <575> PREP keratwn <2768> N-GPN monokerwtwn {N-GPM} thn <3588> T-ASF tapeinwsin <5014> N-ASF mou <1473> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	Rescue <03467> me from the mouth <06310> of the lion <0738> , and from the horns <07161> of the wild oxen <07214> ! You have answered <06030> me!
HEBREW	yntyne <06030> Mymr <07214> ynrqmw <07161> hyra <0738> ypm <06310> yneyswh <03467> (22:21) <22:22>

NETBible

Rescue me from the mouth of the lion,¹ and from the horns of the wild oxen!² You have answered me!³

NET Notes

¹sn The psalmist again compares his enemies to vicious dogs and ferocious lions (see vv. 13, 16).

²tn The Hebrew term רֵמִים (remim) appears to be an alternate spelling of רְאֵמִים (rÿ’emim, “wild oxen”; see BDB 910 s.v. רְאֵם).

³tn Heb “and from the horns of the wild oxen you answer me.” Most take the final verb with the preceding prepositional phrase. Some understand the verb form as a relatively rare precative perfect, expressing a wish or request (see IBHS 494-95 §30.5.4c, d). However, not all grammarians are convinced that the perfect is used as a precative in biblical Hebrew. (See the discussion at Ps 3:7.) Others prefer to take the perfect in its usual indicative sense. The psalmist, perhaps in response to an oracle of salvation, affirms confidently that God has answered him, assuring him that deliverance is on the way. The present translation takes the prepositional phrase as parallel to the preceding “from the mouth of the lion” and as collocated with the verb “rescue” at the beginning of the verse. “You have answered me” is understood as a triumphant shout which marks a sudden shift in tone and introduces the next major section of the psalm. By isolating the statement syntactically, the psalmist highlights the declaration.