Psalms 22:7
All who see me scoff at me; They open wide the lips; they shake the head.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head saying,
In Context
6But I am a worm, and not a man; The reproach of men, and the scorn of the people.
8“He trusted in the LORD, let him help him; Let him deliver him, since he delighted in him!”
Cross References
Job 16:4I also might speak like you, If ye were now in my place; I might string together words against you, And shake my head at you.
Job 30:9And now I am become their song; Yea, I am their by-word!
Psalms 35:15But at my fall they rejoice, and gather themselves together; Revilers whom I know not assemble themselves against me; They tear me without ceasing.
Psalms 109:25I am a reproach to my enemies; They gaze at me; they shake their heads.
Isaiah 49:7Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, To him that is despised by men, abhorred by the people, To the servant of tyrants; Kings shall see, and stand up, Princes, and they shall pay homage, On account of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
Isaiah 57:4Of whom do ye make your sport, And at whom do ye make wide the mouth, And draw out the tongue? Are ye not rebellious children, a treacherous brood?
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 →