Psalms 22:6

The sufferer feels reduced to a worm, scorned and despised by people. He describes the depth of his humiliation and rejection.

Cross-references · 19

• Isa 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
• Job 25:6how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
• Isa 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
• Isa 41:14Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
• Ps 69:7–12For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
• Ps 69:19–20You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
• Matt 27:20–23But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
• Ps 31:11Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.
• Matt 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
• Lam 3:30Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
• Heb 13:12And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
• Rev 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
• Matt 12:24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
• Ps 88:8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
• John 7:15The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
• John 8:48The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
• John 7:47–49“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
• John 7:20“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
• Ps 31:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

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