Psalm 22:9

Translations

Modern

Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

Traditional

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

Literal

Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust upon the breasts of my mother.

Latin

Quoniam tu es qui extraxisti me de ventre, spes mea ab uberibus matris meæ.

Original

Hebrew

English

Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

Notes

Psalms 22:9

The Lord took care of the psalmist before the psalmist could do anything for himself (see Psalm 71:6; 139:13).

Psalms 22:9–11

The psalmist thinks about his past relationship with God (see Psalm 22:3–5). The Lord has been his very life.

Psalms 22:1–21

The psalmist switches between thinking about his current difficult situation and remembering the Lord's past faithfulness. He ends the psalm with a prayer for rescue.

Psalms 22:1–31

All previous laments seem minor compared to this outcry against the enemy and God's abandonment. The psalm has two main sections:

the lament (Psalm 22:1–21) and
praise for redemption (Psalm 22:22–31).

This naturally leads to Psalm 23.

The apostles saw this psalm as expressing the sufferings of Jesus Christ. He ultimately fulfilled the purpose of David's humiliation, rejection by people, and divine abandonment (Matthew 27:35, 39, 43, 46; Mark 15:34; John 19:23–24, 28; Hebrews 2:12).

Psalms 20:1–24:10

This series of psalms shows a journey from confidence and commitment (Psalms 20–21), through anguish and abandonment (Psalm 22), and finally to comfort, insight, and hope (Psalms 23–24).

Theme notes and profiles

David Psalms of Suffering The Poor and Needy in the Psalms Trusting God in the Psalms

Related verses

Psalm 71:6
I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
Isaiah 49:1–2
Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
Psalm 71:17
O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
Psalm 139:15–16
My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Matthew 2:13–15
When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 7:14–15
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
Revelation 12:4–5
His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.

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