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Psalms 22:8
8“Is this the one who relies on the Lord? Then let the Lord save him! If the Lord loves him so much, let the Lord rescue 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
6But I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned and despised by all! 7Everyone who sees me mocks me. They sneer and shake their heads, saying, “Is this the one who relies on the Lord? Then let the Lord save him! If the Lord loves him so much, let the Lord rescue him!” 9Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womb and led me to trust you at my mother’s breast. 10I was thrust into your arms at my birth. You have been my God from the moment I was born.
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 37:5Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you.
- Psalms 55:22Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.
- Proverbs 16:3Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.
- Matthew 27:42“He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! So he is the King of Israel, is he? Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him!
- Psalms 3:1O Lord, I have so many enemies; so many are against me.
- Psalms 42:10Their taunts break my bones. They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”
- Psalms 71:11They say, “God has abandoned him. Let’s go and get him, for no one will help him now.”
- Psalms 91:14The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name.
- Mark 15:30Well then, save yourself and come down from the cross!”
- Psalms 18:19He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me.
- Isaiah 42:1“Look at my servant, whom I strengthen. He is my chosen one, who pleases me. I have put my Spirit upon him. He will bring justice to the nations.
- Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.”
- Matthew 12:18“Look at my Servant, whom I have chosen. He is my Beloved, who pleases me. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
- Matthew 17:5But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.”
- Luke 23:35The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”
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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