“Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.”
The plea but You, O Lord, do not be far off; O my strength, come quickly to help me shifts to urgent petition for divine rescue. The addressing of God as strength appeals to God's power. The urgency of quickly emphasizes the imminence of death. This verse transitions from lament to petition for aid.
Church Fathers on Psalms 22:21
To the end, for the taking up of the morning, a psalm of David. 1. “To the end,” for His own resurrection, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself speaks. John 20:1-17 For in the morning on the first day of the week was His resurrection, whereby He was taken up, into eternal life, “Over whom death shall have no more dominion.” Romans 6:9 Now what follows is spoken in the person of The Crucified. For from the head of this Psalm are the words, which He cried out, while hanging on the…
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