Psalms 22:6

Worm. — An indication of extreme degradation and helplessness. (Comp. Isaiah 41:14.)

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But I am a worm, and no man - In contrast with the fathers who trusted in thee. They prayed, and were heard; they confided in God, and were treat...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But I [am] a (d) worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. (d) And seeming most miserable of all creatures, which referred to...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXII. This Ps. (p. 372) consists of two parts. In Psalms 22:1-21 a godly man in deep and manifold distress complains that the God of his fathers,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

worm. Hebrew. tola', not the ordinary word for "worm", but the crimson coccus from which the scarlet dye was obtained. Hence rendered "scarlet"...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. But I am a worm, and not a man. David does not murmur against God as if God had dealt hardly with him; but in bewailing his condition, he...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. But I am a worm, and no man - I can see no sense in which our Lord coul...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But I am a worm, &c.— As if he had said, "Thou hearest others; but, as for me, thou sufferest me to pray, to groan, and to weep, but thou wilt...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. But I am a worm, and no man - (note Isaiah 52:14 ). "But I," in...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ps. has two sections, in the first of which ( Psalms 22:1-21 ) the writer earnestly seeks God's help in a time of extreme trouble, while in the s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This v. describes the Psalmist's humiliation in terms similar to those used of the suffering Servant of the Lord in Isaiah ( Isaiah 41:14 ; Isaiah 4...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 22:1-31 WHO is the sufferer whose wail is the very voice of desolation and despair, and who yet dares to believe that the tale of his sorro...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cry of the Forsaken Psalms 22:1-15 The Hebrew inscription of this exquisite ode is, “The hind of the morning.” The hind is the emblem of lo...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Whatever may have been the local conditions creating this psalm, it has become so perfectly and properly associated with the one Son of God that it i...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Whence, Reader, is it, that while the fathers were made happy, Christ was thus treated, but because he stood in their law place, and endured the very...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 22 Proper Psalm for Good Friday ( Morning ). Psalms 22, 23 = Day 4 ( Evening ).
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But I [am] a worm, and no man ,.... Christ calls himself a worm, not because of his original, for he was not of the earth earthy, but was the Lord f...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. Ver. 6. But I am a worm, and no man ] David, saith a learned man, in...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But I am a worm, and no man Neglected and despised, as a mean reptile; a reproach of men, and despised of the people Not only of the great men, b...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sorrowful Complaints. To the chief musician upon Aijeleth Shahar. A psalm o...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Our fathers were honoured by thee and by others, because of thy appearance for their defence and deliverance; but I am treated like a worm, i.e. negl...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Cry Of Despair From The Heart, From One Who Yet Hopes In God ( Psalms 22:1-10 ). Psalms 22:1 ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But I am a worm, and no man. A reproach of men, and despised of the people.' He recognised that He had taken the position of the lowest of the low....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “The subject of this psalm is the deliverance of a righteous sufferer from his enemies, and the effect of this deliverance on others. I...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 22:1 . My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? What a dolorous cry! How terrible it must have been to have heard that cry, but how much...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

You will not need any comment on this Psalm if, while we read it, you see Christ on the cross, and you think that you hear him uttering these sacred...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This Psalm is a sort of window, through which we can look into the heart of our crucified Saviour. We see all the external part of the crucifixion th...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This Psalm is headed, «To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar,» or, as the margin renders it, «the hind of the morning,» «A Psalm of David,» It b...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This Psalm so sweetly and so accurately pictures the inward griefs of our Divine Saviour that it might have been written after the crucifixion rather...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This marvellous Psalm is a wonderful prophecy, which might seem as if it had been composed after the suffering of our Lord; yet it was written many h...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Stand and look up at Christ upon the cross, and look upon these words, as his. He himself is the best exposition of this wondrous psalm. Psalms 22:...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 22:1 . My God, my God. The LXX, Ο Θεος ο Θεος μου. The Chaldaic is like the English. The Hebrew forms the superlative degree by repetition....
The Biblical Illustrator

My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? The prophetic image of the Prince of sufferers Who is the sufferer whose wail is the very voice of d...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THERE is no psalm which has raised so much controversy as this. Admitted to be Messianic by the early Hebrew commentators, it is by...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Messiah in His Great Passion. A Prophecy of the Messiah's Suffering. To the chief musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, that is, "Of the hind of th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But I am a worm and no man, He is like a worm which has been stepped on and winds back and forth in pain; He no longer resembles a man, a human being...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 13:12 ; Isaiah 41:14 ; Isaiah 49:7 ; Isaiah 53:3 ; Job 25:6 ; John 7:15 ; John 7:20 ; John 7:47-49 ; John 8:48 ; Lamentations 3:30...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A worm — Neglected and despised. People — Not only of the great men, but also of the common people. Which doth not so truly agree to David as to Ch...

⁶ But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 22:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 22:6