Psalms 22 · Verse 4

Psalms 22:4

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
Psalms 22:4, King James Version

Psalms 22:4 in other translations

BSBIn You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
WEBOur fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.
ASVOur fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
YLTIn Thee did our fathers trust--they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.
DARBYOur fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.
BBEOur fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.
WebsterOur fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

What does Psalms 22:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 22:4-5
4-5. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Our 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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 22:1-10

The Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, testifies in this psalm, clearly and fully, the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. We have a sorrowful complaint of God's withdrawings. This may be applied to any child of God, pressed down, overwhelmed with grief and terror. Spiritual desertions are the saints' sorest afflictions; but even their complaint of these burdens is a sign of spiritual…

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Psalms 22:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּ֭ךָBe.khain you
בָּטְח֣וּba.te.Chuthey trustedH982
אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuancestors ourH1
בָּ֝טְח֗וּba.te.Chuthey trustedH982
וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵֽמוֹ\׃va.te.fa.le.te.moand you delivered themH6403

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Cross references for Psalms 22:4

  • Exodus 14:31

    And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.

  • Exodus 14:13-14

    And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

  • Genesis 32:28

    And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

  • Genesis 15:6

    And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

  • Romans 4:18-22

    Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. …

  • Hebrews 11:8-32

    By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. …

  • Psalms 44:1-7

    To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. …

  • 1 Samuel 7:9-12

    And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him. And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth–car. Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben–ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

  • Genesis 32:9-12

    And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
44:1-7; Ge 15:6; 32:9-12,28; Ex 14:13,14,31; 1Sa 7:9-12
Ro 4:18-22; Heb 11:8-32

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Context

  • Psalms 22:3

    But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

  • Psalms 22:4

    Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

  • Psalms 22:5

    They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

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Psalms 22:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En ti esperaron nuestros padres: esperaron, y tú los libraste.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et toi, tu es saint, toi qui habites au milieu des louanges d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Auf dich vertrauten unsere Väter; sie vertrauten, und du errettetest sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nam etsi ambulavero in medio umbræ mortis, non timebo mala, quoniam tu mecum es. Virga tua, et baculus tuus, ipsa me consolata sunt.