Bible Strands
Psalms 22:4
In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly, recalling the historical experience of Israel’s ancestors who relied on divine intervention.
The words — The Hebrew בָּטְחוּ (baṭḥû) translates literally to "they trusted," while תַּפְלֵטֵמוֹ (taflêtêmô) means "You delivered them."
The thread — This pattern of trust preceding divine rescue appears in Exodus 14:31, where Israel’s observation of God’s power leads to fear and belief, and in Genesis 15:6, where Abram’s belief is credited as righteousness.
Why it lands — The text establishes a historical precedent of reliance on God resulting in deliverance, requiring the reader to ground present circumstances in past faithfulness rather than abstract hope.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
Cross-references
- Exodus 14:31 When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
- Exodus 14:13 But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
- Genesis 15:6 Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
- Genesis 32:28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
- Romans 4:18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
- Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
- Psalms 44:1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
- Genesis 32:9 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
- 1 Samuel 7:9 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.