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All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
Psalms 22:7 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
  • KJV All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
  • NKJV All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
  • NASB All who see me deride me; They sneer, they shake their heads, saying,
  • NLT Everyone who sees me mocks me. They sneer and shake their heads, saying,

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Quick answer

All who see him mock him, sneering and shaking their heads. He is the target of public scorn and derision.

Overview

The sufferer is surrounded by mockers who deride him with gestures of contempt. The Gospels record this very scene at the cross, where passersby 'wagged their heads' and reviled Jesus (Matt 27:39). The detail confirms the psalm's prophetic depiction of the Messiah's rejection and suffering.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 20

  • Mark 15:29And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
  • Matt 27:39–40And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
  • Ps 109:25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
  • Luke 23:11And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
  • Matt 27:29And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt down before Him to mock Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
  • Matt 26:66–68What do you think?” “He deserves to die,” they answered.
  • Mark 15:20After they had mocked Him, they removed the purple robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.
  • Ps 44:14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
  • 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 16:4I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
  • Ps 35:15–16But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
  • Isa 57:4Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,
  • Ps 31:18May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
  • Luke 23:35–39The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
  • Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
  • Matt 9:24“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
  • Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
  • Mark 11:29–32“I will ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
  • Job 30:9–11And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
  • Isa 37:22–23this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 22:7 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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