Psalms 22:6
(22:7) But I am a worm, and not a man, a reproach of men, and despised of people.
Leeser Tanakh
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 were delivered: in thee they trusted, and were not put to shame.
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less the mortal, the mere worm? and the son of earth, the mere maggot?
Psalms 31:1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (31:2) In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; Oh that I may never be put to shame: through thy righteousness do thou release me.
Psalms 41:5(41:6) My enemies speak evil of me, When will he die, and his name perish?
Psalms 69:19(69:20) Thou well knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion: before thee are all my assailants.
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye few men of Israel: I myself help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and shunned by men; a man of pains, and acquainted with disease; and as one who hid his face from us was he 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 →