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Everyone who sees me mocks me;
    they gape at me with open mouths
        and shake their heads at me.
They say,[a] “Commit yourself to the Lord;
    perhaps the Lord[b] will deliver him,
perhaps he will cause him to escape,
    since he delights in him.”

Yet, you are the one who took me from the womb,
    and kept me safe on my mother’s breasts.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:8 The Heb. lacks They say
  2. Psalm 22:8 Lit. he

All who see me mock me;(A)
    they hurl insults,(B) shaking their heads.(C)
“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.(D)
Let him deliver him,(E)
    since he delights(F) in him.”

Yet you brought me out of the womb;(G)
    you made me trust(H) in you, even at my mother’s breast.

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