Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.
- BSB In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
- NKJV Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered them.
- NASB In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You rescued them.
- NLT Our ancestors trusted in you, and you rescued them.
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Quick answer
The fathers of Israel trusted in God, and he delivered them. The sufferer recalls God's past faithfulness as a ground of hope.
Overview
Looking back to the patriarchs and the nation's history, the psalmist remembers that those who trusted God were rescued. This memory of God's reliability fuels continued faith amid present silence. The pattern, trust answered by deliverance, will be gloriously fulfilled in the resurrection of Christ, whose trust in the Father was vindicated.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Exod 14:31And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
- Exod 14:13–14And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
- Gen 15:6And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
- Gen 32:28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
- Heb 11:8–32By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
- Rom 4:18–22Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
- Ps 44:1–7We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
- 1 Sam 7:9–12And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
- Gen 32:9–12And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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