King James Version
Psalms 22:4 in the King James Version says “Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.”
Psalms 22:4 · KJV
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. am: Heb. there is no silence to me
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“in thee they trusted”
H982properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as h2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
“Our fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“in thee they trusted”
H982properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as h2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
“and thou didst deliver”
H6403to slip out, i.e., escape; causatively, to deliver
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