Psalms 22:8
Commit it to Jehovah let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
In Context
7All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying:]
9But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother's breasts.
Cross References
Psalms 3:1{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!
Psalms 37:5Commit thy way unto Jehovah, and rely upon him: he will bring [it] to pass;
Psalms 55:22Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and *he* will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Psalms 91:14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Proverbs 16:3Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Matthew 3:17and behold, a voice out of the heavens saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:2-11
Sorrowful Complaints. 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men,… Read the whole commentary →