Psalms 22:7
All that see me, laugh at me,—They open wide the mouth, They shake the head:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 no one, a reproach of men, and despised of a people;
8He should trust in Yahweh—let him deliver him,—Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
Cross References
Job 16:4I also, like you, could speak,—If your soul were in the place of my soul, I could string together words against you, and could therewith shake over you my head.
Job 30:9But, now, their song, have I become, Yea I serve them for a byword;
Psalms 35:15But, in mine overthrow, have they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together,—There gathered themselves together against me foolish men, and I knew it not, They have torn in pieces, and not been silent;
Psalms 109:25So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.
Isaiah 49:7Thus, saith Yahweh—the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One To him that is despised of the soul, To the abhorred of the nation To the servant of rulers, Kings, shall see and arise, Princes, lo! they have bowed themselves down,—Because of Yahweh, who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel, lo! he hath chosen thee.
Isaiah 57:4Against whom would ye disport yourselves? Against whom would ye widen the mouth and lengthen the tongue,—Are not, ye, Children of transgression, A Seed of falsehood.
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 →