King James Version

Psalms 22:4

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 22:5.

בְּ֭ךָbekhainבְּ֭ךָpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in”inבָּטְח֣וּbatechvbe boldבָּטַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be bold”, a completed actionH982figuratively, to trust, be confident or surebe bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּavoteynvfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.בָּ֝טְח֗וּbatechvbe boldבָּטַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be bold”, a completed actionH982figuratively, to trust, be confident or surebe bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵֽמוֹvatfaltemvoand deliverפָּלַטconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and deliver”, the next action in the storyH6403to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to delivercalve, carry away safe, deliver, (cause to) escape.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(22-5) In Thee did our fathers trust; they trusted, and Thou didst deliver them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

In Thee did our fathers trust — they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.

World English Bible

Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(22-5) In Thee did our fathers trust; they trusted, and Thou didst deliver them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Our fathers hoped in thee; they hoped, and thou didst deliver them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισαν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν, ἤλπισαν καὶ ἐῤῥύσω αὐτούς.