Psalms 22:8
“He relies on the Lord; let him save him. Let him rescue the one he holds dear!”
Open English Bible (US)
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 who see me mock me, with mouths wide open and wagging heads:
9But you drew me from the womb, laid me safely on my mother’s breasts.
Cross References
Psalms 3:1How many, Lord, are my foes! Those who rise up against me are many.
Psalms 37:5Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act,
Psalms 55:22Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
Psalms 91:14“Because of their love for me, I will deliver them, I will protect those who trust my name.
Matthew 3:17and from the heavens there came a voice which said, “This is my dearly loved son, who brings me great joy.”
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 →