Psalms 22:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Laugh me to scorn; instead of pitying or helping, deride me, and insult over me; such is their inhumanity. They shoot out the lip; they gape with their mouths, and put forth their tongues, in mockery. See Job 16:10 Isaiah 57:4. They shake the head; another posture of scoffers. See Job 16:4 Psalms 44:14 Isaiah 37:22. This and the next verse are applied to Christ, Matthew 27:39,43. Saying: this supplement is very usual, and here it is necessary, because the next words are the expressions of his insulting enemies.

Psalms 22:7

7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,