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Psalms 22:6

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

KJV

Et misericordia tua subsequetur me omnibus diebus vitæ meæ ; et ut inhabitem in domo Domini in longitudinem dierum.

Vulgate

καὶ τὸ ἔλεός σου καταδιώξεταί με πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς μου, καὶ τὸ κατοικεῖν με ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου εἰς μακρότητα ἡμερῶν.

LXX

But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.

ASV

אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ זָעֲק֣וּ וְ/נִמְלָ֑טוּ בְּ/ךָ֖ בָטְח֣וּ וְ/לֹא בֽוֹשׁוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֹּטְחִ֖ים
btchym
verb · 117×
ה
h
verb · 95×
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ
ybshv
verb · 112×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
תִּזְעַ֖ק
tz'q
verb · 73×

Themes

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? This Psalm is preeminently the Psalm of the Cross. Christ himself uttered these words upon the cross. The details of piercing the hands and feet, casting lots for the garments, the mockery of the bystanders — all were literally fulfilled in the passion of Christ. Yet the Psalm ends in triumph, with the declaration that all the ends of …
Is grace fittingly divided into gratuitous grace and sanctifying grace? The division into operating and cooperating grace The division of it into prevenient and subsequent grace The division of gratuitous grace The comparison between sanctifying and gratuitous grace Article 1. Whether grace is fittingly divided into sanctifying grace and gratuitous grace? Objection 1. It would …

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 3:3 — Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
  • Gen 21:9 — And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
  • Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Heb 13:12 — Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
  • Isa 41:14 — Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 41:14 — Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 49:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worshi
  • Isa 49:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worshi
  • Isa 52:14 — As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
  • Isa 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
  • Isa 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
  • Jer 20:7 — O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
  • Job 25:6 — How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
  • Job 25:6 — How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
  • John 7:15 — And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
  • John 7:47 — Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
  • John 8:22 — Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
  • John 8:48 — Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
  • John 19:2 — And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
  • Lam 3:14 — I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
  • Lam 3:30 — He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
  • Lam 3:46 — All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
  • Luke 2:7 — And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
  • Luke 2:12 — And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
  • Luke 2:34 — And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
  • Luke 9:26 — For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
  • Luke 23:35 — And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
  • Matt 11:19 — The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
  • Matt 12:24 — But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
  • Matt 26:61 — And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
  • Matt 27:20 — But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
  • Phil 2:7 — But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
  • Ps 22:24 — For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
  • Ps 31:11 — I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
  • Ps 69:7 — Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
  • Ps 69:19 — Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
  • Ps 88:8 — Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
  • Ps 109:22 — For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
  • Ps 109:25 — I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
  • Ps 119:141 — I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.