John Trapp on Psalms 22:21

Verſ. 21. Save mee from the Lions mouth] 2 Tim. 4.17. David was oft ſnatcht out of deaths mouth, and ſo was Chriſt; for although hee had his life taken away upon the Croſs, yet was it (as Calvin here well obſerveth) more miraculouſly, and by greater power reſtored after death, than if hee had been delivered from the Croſs; and it is a greater miracle to raiſe the dead, than to heal the moſt dangerouſly ſick, and to ſtay the life when it is departing.

For thou haſt heard me from the Horns of the Ʋnicorns] See Heb. 5.7. It is ordinary with David to call his enemies, by the names of the fierceſt Creatures. This here mentioned, whether the Ʋnicorn, or Rhinoceros, or ſome other wild Beaſt (See Job 39.9, &c.) Cornua habet fortiera aliorum cornibus, Aſperrimath feram appella Plinius. ſaith Aben-Ezra: Et audivi qued de[illegible: 1 letter]ic[illegible: 1 letter]t ſeipſum ab alto monte ſuper cornie ejus, irrupto illo permanente.