Psalms 22:3-5

3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.^[a]

4 In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.

5 To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

Psalms 22:3-5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 22:3-5 In-Context

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?

2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.

3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.

4 In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.

5 To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 19:22; Psalms 71:22; S Mark 1:24; Psalms 99:9
• 2. S Exodus 15:2; Psalms 148:14; Deuteronomy 10:21
• 3. Psalms 78:53; Psalms 107:6
• 4. S 1 Chronicles 5:20
• 5. Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 30:18
• 6. S 2 Chronicles 13:18; Psalms 25:3; Psalms 31:17; Psalms 71:1; Isaiah 49:23; Romans 9:33

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Yet you are holy," / "enthroned on the praises of Israel"