God’s Word Translation
Psalms 22:8
8“Put yourself in the Lord’s hands. Let the Lord save him! Let God rescue him since he is pleased with him!”
Psalms 22:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
- New International Version (NIV)“He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)“He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”
Context of Psalms 22:8
6Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people. 7All who see me make fun of me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say, “Put yourself in the Lord’s hands. Let the Lord save him! Let God rescue him since he is pleased with him!” 9Indeed, you are the one who brought me out of the womb, the one who made me feel safe at my mother’s breasts. 10I was placed in your care from birth. From my mother’s womb you have been my God.
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 22:8 word by word
גֹּ֣ל אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה יְפַלְּטֵ֑הוּ יַ֝צִּילֵ֗הוּ כִּ֘י חָ֥פֵֽץ בּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 22:8
- Psalms 37:5Entrust your ways to the Lord. Trust him, and he will act ⌞on your behalf⌟.
- Psalms 55:22Turn your burdens over to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will never let the righteous person stumble.
- Proverbs 16:3Entrust your efforts to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.
- Matthew 27:42“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. So he’s Israel’s king! Let him come down from the cross now, and we’ll believe him.
- Psalms 3:1O Lord, look how my enemies have increased! Many are attacking me.
- Psalms 42:10With a shattering blow to my bones, my enemies taunt me. They ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 71:11They say, “God has abandoned him. Pursue him and grab him because there is no one to rescue him.”
- Psalms 91:14Because you love me, I will rescue you. I will protect you because you know my name.
- Mark 15:30Come down from the cross, and save yourself!”
- Psalms 18:19He brought me out to a wide-open place. He rescued me because he was pleased with me.
- Isaiah 42:1Here is my servant, whom I support. Here is my chosen one, with whom I am pleased. I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
- Matthew 3:17Then a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love—my Son with whom I am pleased.”
- Matthew 12:18“Here is my servant whom I have chosen, whom I love, and in whom I delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will announce justice to the nations.
- Matthew 17:5He was still speaking when a bright cloud overshadowed them. Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, “This is my Son, whom I love and with whom I am pleased. Listen to him!”
- Luke 23:35The people stood there watching. But the rulers were making sarcastic remarks. They said, “He saved others. If he’s the Messiah that God has chosen, let him save himself!”
Commentaries on Psalms 22:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him - Margin, “He rolled himself on the Lord.” The margin expresses the true sense of the Hebrew word. The idea is that of being under the pressure of a heavy burden, and of rolling it off, or casting it on another. Hence, the word is often used in the sense of committing to another; entrusting anything to another; confiding in another. Psalm 37:5, “commit thy way unto the Lord;” Margin, as in Hebrew: “Roll thy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8Both the Lord and the people reject the psalmist. He clearly describes his pain (Psalm 22:1–2). He lives like a humble animal.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. For the Jews used one of the gestures (Mt 27:39) here mentioned, when taunting Him on the cross, and (Mt 27:43) reproached Him almost in the very, language of this passage. shoot out--or, "open." the lip--(Compare Psa 35:21).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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