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 suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
• Job 25:6How much less man, who is a worm, the son of man, who is a worm!”
• Isa 49:7Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
• Isa 41:14Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
• Ps 69:7–12Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
• Ps 69:19–20You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
• Matt 27:20–23Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
• Ps 31:11Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
• Matt 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”
• Lam 3:30Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled full with reproach.
• Heb 13:12Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.
• Rev 15:3They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
• Matt 12:24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
• Ps 88:8You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.
• John 7:15The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
• John 8:48Then the Jews answered him, “Don’t we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?”
• John 7:47–49The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?
• John 7:20The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
• Ps 31:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

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