Psalm 22:21 (WEB)
Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.
Fathers and councils · 5
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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Augustine of Hippo
““Save Me from the lion’s mouth:” save Me from the mouth of the kingdom of this world: “and my humility from the horns of the unicorns” (ver. 21).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Let one enemy blush, for it is another enemy that gives me the book.” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 17–29.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“The “many waters,” he says, are the diversified generation of mortal men, from which (generation) he cries and vociferates to the unportrayed man, saying, “Preserve my only-begotten from the lions.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 20, 21; xxxv. 17.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“I will declare Thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the Church I will praise Thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 16–22.
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