Psalm 22:8

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?”

Cross References

Job 16:4

If you were in my place and I in yours, I could say everything you are saying. I could shake my head wisely and drown you with a flood of words.

Psalm 109:25

When people see me, they laugh at me; they shake their heads in scorn.

Psalm 18:19

He helped me out of danger; he saved me because he was pleased with me.

Psalm 37:5

Give yourself to the Lord; trust in him, and he will help you;

Psalm 42:10

I am crushed by their insults, as they keep on asking me, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 55:22

Leave your troubles with the Lord, and he will defend you; he never lets honest people be defeated.

Psalm 71:11

They say, “God has abandoned him; let's go after him and catch him; there is no one to rescue him.”

Psalm 91:14

God says, “I will save those who love me and will protect those who acknowledge me as Lord.

Proverbs 16:3

Ask the Lord to bless your plans, and you will be successful in carrying them out.

Isaiah 42:1

The Lord says, “Here is my servant, whom I strengthen— the one I have chosen, with whom I am pleased. I have filled him with my Spirit, and he will bring justice to every nation.

Matthew 12:18

“Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, the one I love, and with whom I am pleased. I will send my Spirit upon him, and he will announce my judgment to the nations.

Matthew 17:5

While he was talking, a shining cloud came over them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased—listen to him!”

Matthew 3:17

Then a voice said from heaven, “This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased.”

Luke 23:35

The people stood there watching while the Jewish leaders made fun of him: “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah whom God has chosen!”