Psalms 22:5
What does Psalms 22:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 22:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Psalms 22:5 means
This verse further reinforces the theme of God's historical faithfulness to Israel's ancestors. The psalmist emphasizes that when their fathers cried out to God in their distress, they were consistently rescued and never put to shame for their trust. This consistent pattern of divine response affirms God's reliability and establishes a strong precedent for the psalmist's own hope for deliverance, even as he himself feels forsaken.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebreateth me, how goodly is it!
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.
Context
This verse acts as a direct continuation and intensification of the historical examples presented in verse 4. It reiterates the consistent pattern: trust, cry out, and be delivered without shame. This repeated affirmation of God's past actions provides a powerful, if challenging, backdrop against which the psalmist's current feelings of abandonment are starkly contrasted, maintaining his hope.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 69:6
Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
- Judges 4:3
And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
- Psalms 71:1
In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame.
- Judges 6:6
And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.
- 1 Peter 2:6
Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
- Isaiah 45:17
But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
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