Psalms 22:6
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
In Context
5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not ashamed.
7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Cross References
Job 25:6How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, which is a worm!
Psalms 31:1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Psalms 41:5Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?
Psalms 69:19Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: 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 →