# Psalms 22.8

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 6. But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
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> **8. Commit thyself unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.**
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> 9. But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts. 10. I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me. (Psalms 22:6-10, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 6. But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people. 7. All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
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> **8. “He trusts in Yahweh; let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”**
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> 9. But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts. 10. I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me. (Psalms 22:6-10, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 6. But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, <sup>shoot: Heb. open</sup>
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> **8. He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. <sup>He trusted: Heb. He rolled himself on</sup> <sup>seeing: or, if he delight in</sup>**
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> 9. But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. <sup>didst: or, kept me in safety</sup> 10. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly. (Psalms 22:6-10, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 6. And I [am] a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people. 7. All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip, shake the head,
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> **8. 'Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.'**
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> 9. For thou [art] He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother. 10. On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou [art] my God. (Psalms 22:6-10, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.