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Deliver me from the lion’s mouth — Psalms 22:19–21 Bible Study | Divine Threads

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Psalms 22:19–21

Deliver me from the lion’s mouth

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Passage Overview · Free · Psalms 22:19–21

Be Not Far from Me: Deliver from Lion, Sword, and Wild Beasts

At the lowest point, the speaker asks God to come near and rescue him from sword, dog, lion, and wild ox imagery. The repeated plea “be not far from me” answers the opening feeling that God is far away.

The manuscript connected this with Gethsemane and resurrection. Those are meaningful Christian parallels, but the New Testament does not explicitly quote verses 19–21 about Jesus. Paul’s “mouth of the lion” in 2 Timothy 4 also resonates with the psalm. The safest classification is strong lament/deliverance imagery with later echoes, not direct prediction.