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10 [a]Yet you brought me out of the womb
    and made me feel secure
    upon my mother’s breast.
11 I was entrusted to your care at my birth;
    from my mother’s womb, you have been my God.
12 Do not remain aloof from me,
    for trouble is near
    and no one can help me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:10 After recalling what the Lord had been for Israel (vv. 4-6), the psalmist now recalls what the Lord has been for him. I was entrusted to your care at my birth: the father customarily acknowledged the newborn by taking it upon his knees (see Gen 50:23; Job 3:12).