Psalms 22:22

"Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen."

Key Reflection

In Psalm 22:22, David uses the imagery of a lion and a wild ox to describe his enemies as fierce and dangerous threats to his life and well-being. By invoking God's rescue, he acknowledges that it is through divine intervention that he has been protected from these powerful adversaries.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I will declare thy name -I will make thee known; that is, thine existence; thy perfections; thy law; thy method of salvation. As the result or effect of the interposition which he desired, and for which he prayed, he says that he would diffuse a knowledge of God. This is an expression of true piety, and is a statement of what in a pure mind will always be consequent on a gracious divine interposition - a purpose to make the character of the benefactor known. ComparePsalms 51:12-13;Psalms 18:48-49. As applicable to the Redeemer, it means that he would make the name of God known to people, or that “through him” that name would be made known. Unto my brethren -CompareJohn 20:17;Romans 8:29.

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