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Psalm 22:20

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22:20Deliver me43 from the sword!

Save44 my life45 from the claws46 of the wild dogs!

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Footnotes

  1. 43 Or “my life.”
  2. 44 The verb “save” is supplied in the translation; it is understood by ellipsis (see “deliver” in the preceding line).
  3. 45 Heb “my only one.” The psalmist may mean that his life is precious, or that he feels isolated and alone.
  4. 46 Heb “from the hand.” Here “hand” is understood by metonymy as a reference to the “paw” and thus the “claws” of the wild dogs.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Deliver my soul from the sword,

my precious life from the power of the dog!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Deliver me from the sword,

my precious life from the power of the dogs.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Rescue my life from the sword,

my only life from the power of these dogs.

NLTNew Living Translation

Save me from the sword;

spare my precious life from these dogs.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Rescue my life from the sword,

my only life from the power of the dogs.

KJV 1900King James Version

Deliver my soul from the sword;

My darling from the power of the dog.