The interpretation timeline

Ps 21:5

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1 Patristic · 1 Jewish

Ps 21:5 · Douay-Rheims
“In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
430
A.D.
Augustine of Hippo Patristic
A.D. 354–430
“"They cried unto You, and were saved." They cried unto You, not in the words of sins, from which salvation is far; and therefore were they saved. "They hoped in You, and were not confounded" [Psalm 22:5]. "They hoped in You," and their hope did not deceive them. For they placed it not in themselves.”
805 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1235
A.D.
Radak Jewish
c. 1160–1235
“Our fathers trusted in Thee: They trusted: – for many times did our fathers trust in Thee, and Thou didst deliver them – from their trouble, and their confidence did not prove false. The repetition of trusted is (intended) to emphasise the (thought of) confidence, for they had confidence in none other but in Thee; and so”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.