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Psalm 22:10
I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
8“He trusts in the LORD. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”
9But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.
10I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
11Don’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help.
12Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
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Being “thrown on you” from birth expresses a dependence that reaches back before memory, even as the surrounding lines plead for help against present trouble.
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Galatians 1:15But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace,Both trace a relationship with God back to the mother’s womb, while Galatians speaks of being set apart and called through grace.
Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”Both speak of God’s relationship with a person at life’s beginning; Jeremiah also names an appointment as a prophet before birth.
Isaiah 49:1Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: the LORD has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.Both trace a relationship with God to the mother’s womb; Isaiah speaks of being called and named there.
Isaiah 46:3–4“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.Both describe dependence on God from the womb, with Isaiah addressing the house of Jacob as people carried from birth.
Luke 1:41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.Both mention the womb in relation to God; Luke describes a baby’s movement and Elizabeth being filled with the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 1:5having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, in you also.Both mention mothers within an account of relationship with God; only Timothy’s passage describes faith shared across generations.
Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.Both say “my God” and mention a parent, though Exodus praises salvation while the psalm recalls dependence from birth.
John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, …Both use the words “my God” to express relationship with God, though John records Jesus speaking about his ascent.
Psalm 58:3The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.Both use “from the womb” to describe life from its beginning, contrasting dependence on God with the wicked going astray.
Luke 2:40The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.Both speak of life’s beginnings in relation to God, though Luke describes a child’s growth rather than dependence from birth.
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Feeling distant from God. fear for the future.
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The speaker still names God as his own while danger closes in. This prayer makes room for dependence that has lasted longer than the present trouble.
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