Psalm 22:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ “Commit your cause to the Lord; let him deliver— let him rescue the one in whom he delights!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: Let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ He trusted and rolled himself on the Lord, that He would deliver him. Let Him deliver him, seeing that He delights in him! [Matt. 27:39, 43; Mark 15:29, 30; Luke 23:35.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Commit thyself unto Jehovah; let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

Common English Bible

⁸ “He committed himself to the LORD, so let God rescue him; let God deliver him because God likes him so much.”

Psalm 22:8 Cross References

Psalm 91:14

Those who love me, I will deliver; I will protect those who know my name.

Psalm 18:19

He brought me out into a broad place; he delivered me because he delighted in me.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!”

Matthew 3:17

And a voice from the heavens said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”

Isaiah 42:1

Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

Proverbs 16:3

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

Psalm 55:22

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 37:5

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.

Luke 23:35

And the people stood by watching, but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!”

Matthew 12:18

“Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the gentiles.

Psalm 71:11

They say, “Pursue and seize that person whom God has forsaken, for there is no one to deliver.”

Psalm 42:10

As with a deadly wound in my body, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me continually, “Where is your God?”

Job 16:4

I also could talk as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.

Psalm 109:25

I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.