Psalms 22:6
They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
In Context
5In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
7But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm?
Psalms 31:1Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy.
Psalms 41:5I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me : heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
Psalms 69:19Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 53:3Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon 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 →