Psalms 22:8

(22-9) 'Let him commit himself unto the LORD! let Him rescue him; let Him deliver him, seeing He delighteth in him.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

7(22-8) All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head:

9(22-10) For Thou art He that took me out of the womb; Thou madest me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts.

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Cross References

Psalms 3:1(3-1) A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. (3-2) LORD, how many are mine adversaries become! Many are they that rise up against me.

Psalms 37:5Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.

Psalms 55:22(55-23) Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain thee; He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Psalms 91:14'Because 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 the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

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 →

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