The Meaning of Psalms 22:4 Explained

Psalms 22:4

KJV: Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

YLT: In Thee did our fathers trust -- they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.

Darby: Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.

ASV: Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Our fathers  trusted  in thee: they trusted,  and thou didst deliver  them. 

What does Psalms 22:4 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 22:1-15 - The Cry Of The Forsaken
The Hebrew inscription of this exquisite ode is, "The hind of the morning." The hind is the emblem of loveliness; see Song of Solomon 2:7; Song of Solomon 2:9. The cruel persecutors are designated as bulls, lions, and dogs. Perhaps the allusion to the morning refers to the daybreak of resurrection-hope.
Of course our blessed Lord is in every syllable. Indeed, the psalm reads more as history than as prophecy. The divine Sufferer seems to have recited it to Himself when on the Cross; for it begins with "My God, my God," etc., and ends, according to some, with a word in the Hebrew, meaning "It is finished." The psalm is indeed a photograph of Calvary, a memorial of the heartbreak of Jesus.
Sometimes to the soul in agony God seems not to hear; but through those hours of darkness the Easter day is hastening to break in resplendent glory. He will not suffer His holy one to see corruption, Psalms 16:10. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 22

1  David complains in great discouragement
9  He prays in great distress
23  He praises God

What do the individual words in Psalms 22:4 mean?

In You trusted Our fathers they trusted and You delivered them
בְּ֭ךָ בָּטְח֣וּ אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ בָּ֝טְח֗וּ וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵֽמוֹ

בְּ֭ךָ  In  You 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: אֵב  
Sense: fruit, fresh, young, greening.
בָּטְח֣וּ  trusted 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: בָּטוּחַ 
Sense: to trust.
אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ  Our  fathers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
בָּ֝טְח֗וּ  they  trusted 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: בָּטוּחַ 
Sense: to trust.
וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵֽמוֹ  and  You  delivered  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: פָּלַט  
Sense: to escape, save, deliver, slip away.