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 emphatic contrast to all the former servants of God, who 'trusted in God, and were not confounded.' Whenever we feel our worm-like nothingness, let us remember God's encouragement (Isaiah 41:14).
A reproach of men. So Isaiah 53:3, where Hengstenberg, translates, 'one who ceases from among men;' no longer regarded as a man; answering to the description of Messiah here, "and no man." "A reproach of men" - literally (Adam), of the whole human race: so abject is the sufferer's condition.