Psalms 22:6
\22:5\They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
In Context
5\22:4\Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.
7\22:6\But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!
Psalms 31:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.
Psalms 41:5\41:4\I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.
Psalms 69:19\69:18\Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.
Isaiah 41:14Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 53:3Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
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 →