Psalm 22:6 {21:7}
Good News Translation
But I am no longer a human being; I am a worm, despised and scorned by everyone!

New Revised Standard Version
But I am a worm, and not human; scorned by others, and despised by the people.

Contemporary English Version
But I am merely a worm, far less than human, and I am hated and rejected by people everywhere.

New American Bible
But I am a worm, not a man, scorned by men, despised by the people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.

I am

Job 25:6 How much more is man than rottenness and the son of man than a worm?

Isaiah 41:14 Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.

a reproach

Psalm 31:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy. [2] In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice.

Psalm 69:7-12,19,20 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. . . .

Psalm 88:8 Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth:

Isaiah 49:7 Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to the soul that is despised, to the nation that is abhorred, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see, and princes shall rise up, and adore for the Lord's sake, because he is faithful, and for the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

Isaiah 53:3 Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not.

Lamentations 3:30 Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.

Matthew 11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.

Matthew 12:24 But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

Matthew 27:20-23 But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people that they should ask Barabbas and make Jesus away. . . .

John 7:15,20,47-49 And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man know letters, having never learned? . . .

John 8:48 The Jews therefore answered and said to him: Do not we say well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil?

Revelation 15:3 And singing the canticle of Moses, the servant of God, and the canticle of the Lamb, saying: Great and wonderful are thy works, O Lord God Almighty. Just and true are thy ways, O King of ages.

Hebrews 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Context
The Psalm of the Cross
5They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.7All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.…
Cross References
Job 25:6
How much more is man than rottenness and the son of man than a worm?

Psalm 31:11
I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintances. They that saw me without fled from me.

Psalm 69:19
Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.

Psalm 109:25
And I am become a reproach to them: they saw me and they shaked their heads.

Psalm 119:141
I am very young and despised; but I forget not thy justifications.

Isaiah 41:14
Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 49:7
Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to the soul that is despised, to the nation that is abhorred, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see, and princes shall rise up, and adore for the Lord's sake, because he is faithful, and for the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

Isaiah 53:3
Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not.

Lamentations 3:14
He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long.

Lamentations 3:46
Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Psalm 22:5
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