John Trapp on Psalms 22:20

Verſ. 20. Deliver my ſoul from the ſword] i. e. From deſperate and deadly danger, from the wicked which is thy ſword, Pſa. 17.13.

My darling from the power of the dog] Heb. Mine only one from the hand, &c. as Gen. 9.5. Sic eſt anima in corpore, ut in domo l[illegible: 2 letters]ea, nec habet ſ[illegible: 1 letter]cium, ſaith R. David here. The ſoul is alone in its cottage of clay, and hath no companion. That was a mad fellow who gave out that hee had two ſoules, one for God, and another for whomſoever would have it; If the dog, that is the Devill (as ſome interpret this Text) lay hands on this darling, it will bee found to bee all that a man hath, his alonely-ſoul, the loſſe whereof our Saviour ſheweth to bee both incomparable and irreparable, Mat. 16.26.