Psalms 22:6
(22-7) But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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(22-6) Unto Thee they cried, and escaped; in Thee did they trust, and were not ashamed.
7(22-8) All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head:
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, that is a maggot!
Psalms 31:1(31-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (31-2) In thee, O LORD, have I taken refuge; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Thy righteousness.
Psalms 41:5(41-6) Mine enemies speak evil of me: 'When shall he die, and his name perish?'
Psalms 69:19(69-20) Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; mine adversaries are all before Thee.
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and forsaken of men, a man of pains, and acquainted with disease, and as one 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 →