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Psalms 22:20

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
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Scripture focus

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

Psalms 22:20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 22:20

Theological / Devotional

Soul. See on Ps. 3:2 ; 16:10.

Darling. Heb. yechidah, “one alone,” like an only daughter (Judges 11:34). The form is feminine because yechidah is parallel to “soul,” which in the Hebrew is feminine. The LXX translates yechidah by monogenes, which is the adjective translated “only begotten” in John 3:16.

Dog. Compare v. 16.

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