Psalms 22:6
But I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
In Context
5They cried to thee, and were delivered. They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
7All those who see me laugh me to scorn. They shoot out the lip. They shake the head, [saying],
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less man, who is a worm! And the son of man, who is a worm!
Psalms 31:1In thee, O LORD, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in thy righteousness.
Psalms 41:5My enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish?
Psalms 69:19Thou know my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before thee.
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel. I will help thee, says LORD, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:2-11
Sorrowful Complaints. 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men,… Read the whole commentary →