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Psalms 22:8

Psalms 22:8
He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He trusted on the Lord, that he would deliver him,.... Not that they spoke in a deriding way of the object of his trust, for, as impious as they were, this they did not do; but of his trust in the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him - Margin, “He rolled himself on the Lord.” The margin expresses the true sense of the Hebrew word. The idea is that of being under the pressure of a…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 22:1-10

Some think they find Christ in the title of this psalm, upon Aijeleth Shahar - The hind of the morning. Christ is as the swift hind upon the mountains of spices (Sol 8:14), as the loving hind and the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

-Roll it upon Jehovah! let him deliver him:

Let him rescue him, for he delighteth in him."

Ironically they bid the sufferer -roll" i.e. commit his cause to Jehovah. The verb is certainly imperative,…