English Standard Version
Psalms 22:4
4In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
Psalms 22:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
- New International Version (NIV)In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Our ancestors trusted in you, and you rescued them.
Context of Psalms 22:4
2O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. 3Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. 5To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. 6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 22:4 word by word
בְּ֭ךָ בָּטְח֣וּ אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ בָּ֝טְח֗וּ וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 22:4
- Psalms 41:1Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
- Genesis 15:6And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
- Genesis 32:9And Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,'
- Exodus 14:13And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.
- 1 Samuel 7:9So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. And Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.
- Romans 4:18In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, "So shall your offspring be."
- Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
Commentaries on Psalms 22:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Our fathers trusted in thee - David is supposed to have been, at the time of composing this Psalm, at Mahanaim, where Jacob was once in such great distress; where he wrestled with the angel, and was so signally blessed. David might well allude to this circumstance in order to strengthen his faith in God. I am now in the place where God so signally blessed the head and father of our tribes. I wrestle with God, as he did; may I not expect similar success?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Our fathers trusted in thee - This is a plea of the sufferer as drawn from the character which God had manifested in former times. The argument is, that he had interposed in those times when his people in trouble had called upon him; and he now pleads with God that he would manifest himself to him in the same way. The argument derives additional force also from the idea that he who now pleads was descended from them, or was of the same nation and people…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-21The psalmist switches between thinking about his current difficult situation and remembering the Lord's past faithfulness. He ends the psalm with a prayer for rescue.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. Past experience of God's people is a ground of trust. The mention of "our fathers" does not destroy the applicability of the words as the language of our Saviour's human nature.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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