Psalm 22:8 {21:9}
Good News Translation
"You relied on the LORD," they say. "Why doesn't he save you? If the LORD likes you, why doesn't he help you?"

New Revised Standard Version
“Commit your cause to the LORD; let him deliver— let him rescue the one in whom he delights!”

Contemporary English Version
and say, "Trust the LORD! If you are his favorite, let him protect you and keep you safe."

New American Bible
“He relied on the LORD—let him deliver him; if he loves him, let him rescue him.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.

He trusted [heb.

Psalm 37:5 Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.

Psalm 55:22 Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.

Proverbs 16:3 Lay open thy works to the Lord: and thy thoughts shall be directed.

Matthew 27:42,43 He saved others: himself he cannot save. If he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross: and we will believe him. . . .

let him

Psalm 3:1,2 The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom. [2] Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me. . . .

Psalm 42:10 Whilst my bones are broken, my enemies who trouble me have reproached me; Whilst they say to me day by day: Where is thy God?

Psalm 71:11 Saying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.

Psalm 91:14 Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.

Mark 15:30-32 Save thyself, coming down from the cross. . . .

seeing.

Psalm 18:19 And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.

Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Matthew 3:17 And behold a voice from heaven saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 12:18 Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

Matthew 17:5 And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.

Luke 23:35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers with them derided him, saying: He saved others: let him save himself, if he be Christ, the elect of God.

Context
The Psalm of the Cross
7All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head. 8He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.9For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother.…
Cross References
Matthew 27:43
He trusted in God: let him now deliver him if he will have him. For he said: I am the Son of God.

Psalm 3:2
Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God.

Psalm 91:14
Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.

Psalm 22:7
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