Psalms 22:8

(22:9) “Let him throw himself on the Lord, that he may deliver him: he will save him, for he delighteth in him.”

Leeser Tanakh

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 those who see me laugh me to scorn: they draw open their lips, they shake their head, [saying,]

9(22:10) Yea, thou art he that took me from the womb: thou hast been my trust when I hung on my mother's breasts.

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Cross References

Psalms 3:1“A psalm of David, when he fled from before Abshalom his son.” (3:2) Lord, how numerous are my assailants! how many, that rise up against me!

Psalms 37:5Commit thy way unto the Lord, and trust in him: and he will accomplish it.

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 91:14Because he hath fixed his desire upon me, therefore will I release him: I will set him on high, because he knoweth my name.

Proverbs 16:3Commit unto the Lord thy works, and thy plans will be firmly 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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