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King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst

Psalm 22:21

Gerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622 · Centraal Museum, Utrecht · Public domainGerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

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Psalm 22:21 (WEB)

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

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Tertullian

  • “…He implores the aid of the Father, “Save me,” He says, “out of the mouth of the lion”—of course, of death—“and from the horn of the unicorns my humility,”—from the ends, to wit, of the cross, as we have above shown; which cross neither David himself suffered, nor any of the kings of the Jews: that you may not…” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 21 (xxi. 22 in LXX., who render it as Tertullian does).

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