Psalms 22:6–11
Though reduced to a worm in the eyes of men and mocked for His faith, the psalmist pleads for God's help based on their lifelong bond from the womb.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
7 All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
8 “He trusts in Yahweh. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”
9 But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.
10 I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
11 Don’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help.
Though reduced to a worm in the eyes of men and mocked for his faith, the psalmist pleads for God's help based on their lifelong bond from the womb.
To express the psychological weight of social dehumanization and to appeal for divine proximity based on a lifelong, providential relationship with God.
The Forsaken Sufferer and the Worldwide Praise of the LORD
The righteous sufferer brings felt abandonment, shame, and deadly opposition to the LORD, and the LORD's deliverance becomes praise that reaches the congregation, the nations, and generations yet unborn.