Tree of Life Version
Psalms 22:7
7Am I a worm, and not a man? Am I a scorn of men, despised by people?
Psalms 22:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
- New International Version (NIV)All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
- English Standard Version (ESV)All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
- New King James Version (NKJV)All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Context of Psalms 22:7
5In You our fathers put their trust. They trusted, and You delivered them. 6They cried to you and were delivered. In You they trusted, and were not disappointed. Am I a worm, and not a man? Am I a scorn of men, despised by people? 8All who see me mock me. They curl their lips, shaking their heads: 9“Rely on Adonai! Let Him deliver him! Let Him rescue him— since he delights in Him!”
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 22:7 word by word
כָּל־רֹ֭אַי יַלְעִ֣גוּ לִ֑י יַפְטִ֥ירוּ בְ֝שָׂפָ֗ה יָנִ֥יעוּ רֹֽאשׁ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 22:7
- Psalms 35:15But at my stumbling they gathered in glee. Wretches gathered against me whom I did not know, tearing at me without ceasing.
- Matthew 9:24He said, “Go away, for the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” And they began jeering at Him.
- Matthew 27:29And after braiding a crown of thorns, they placed it on His head and put a staff in His right hand. And falling on their knees before Him, they mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
- Mark 15:20When they finished mocking Him, they stripped the purple off Him and put His own clothes back on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him.
- Luke 16:14Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and sneering at Yeshua.
- Luke 23:11Now Herod together with his soldiers were treating Him with contempt and mocking Him. They put splendid clothing on Him and sent Him back to Pilate.
- Psalms 31:18Adonai, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon You. Let the wicked be ashamed— let them be silent in Sheol.
- Job 16:4I too could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could compose words against you and shake my head at you.
- Job 30:9“So now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword to them.
- Isaiah 57:4Whom are you mocking? At whom do you open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit?
- Matthew 26:66What’s your verdict?” “Guilty,” they answered. “He deserves death!”
- Psalms 44:14You made us a taunt for our neighbors, a scorn and ridicule for those around us.
- Psalms 109:25And I have become a taunt to them. When they see me, they wag their head.
- Isaiah 37:22this is the word that Adonai has spoken about him: “The virgin Daughter of Zion will despise you and mock you. The daughter of Jerusalem will shake her head at you.
- Matthew 27:39Those passing by were jeering at Him, shaking their heads
- Mark 11:29Yeshua said to them, “I will put one question to you. Answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Commentaries on Psalms 22:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Laugh me to scorn - They utterly despised me; set me at naught; treated me with the utmost contempt. Laugh to scorn is so completely antiquated that it should be no longer used; derided, despised, treated with contempt, are much more expressive and are still in common use. They shoot out the lip, they shake the head - This is applied by St. Matthew, to the conduct of the Jews towards our Lord, when he hung upon the cross; as is also the following verse…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7All they that see me laugh me to scorn - They deride or mock me. On the word used here - לעג lâ‛ag - see the notes at Psalm 2:4. The meaning here is to mock, to deride, to treat with scorn. The idea of laughing is not properly in the word, nor would that necessarily occur in the treatment here referred to. How completely this was fulfilled in the case of the Saviour, it is not necessary to say. Compare Matthew 27:39, “And they that passed by, reviled…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7People ridicule the psalmist's trust in the Lord (see Psalm 3:2; Matthew 27:43), which shames him (Psalms 44:13–14; 74:10; 89:50; 109:25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. For the Jews used one of the gestures (Mt 27:39) here mentioned, when taunting Him on the cross, and (Mt 27:43) reproached Him almost in the very, language of this passage. shoot out--or, "open." the lip--(Compare Psa 35:21).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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