Psalms 22:20 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 22:20

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.

KJV

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

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Commentary

3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

"Deliver my soul from the sword." By the sword is probably meant entire destruction, which as a man he dreaded; or perhaps he sought deliverance from the enemies around him, who were like a sharp and deadly sword to him. The Lord had said, "Awake, O sword, " and now from the terror of that sword the Shepherd would fain be delivered as soon as justice should see fit. "My darling from the power of the dog." Meaning his soul, his life, which is most dear to every man.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Darling - Hebrew. my only one; his soul, which he so calls, because it was left alone and destitute of friends and helpers.

Modern Voices1 voice

Chuck Missler

1934–2018

How Can We Be Sure? (article) (2021)

Psalm 22 reads as if it was dictated, first person singular, as He hung on the cross, even though it was written 700 years earlier.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַצִּ֣ילָה	ha.Tzi.lah	deliver !	H5337 →
מֵחֶ֣רֶב	me.Che.rev	from [the] sword	H2719 →
נַפְשִׁ֑י	naf.Shi	life my	H5315 →
מִיַּד־	mi.yad-	from [the] hand of	H3027 →
כֶּ֝֗לֶב	Ke.lev	a dog	H3611 →
יְחִידָתִֽי׃	ye.chi.da.Ti	only [life] my	H3173 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against…
leads to
- Mark 14:27
  Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
- Matthew 26:31
  Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be…
- John 16:32
  “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father…
- Isaiah 40:11
  He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- Mark 14:50
  Then everyone deserted Him and fled.
Through
Psalms 35:17
How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
leads to
- Habakkuk 1:13
  Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than…
- Psalms 57:4
  My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Psalms 22:20–21
  Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms