Psalms 22:6

“Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake, etc.] Of their expectation of redemption and salvation by the Messiah, they have been waiting upon the Lord for; when they shall see him in suffering circumstances, and even dead and laid in the grave, without any hope of his rising again; which was the case of the two disciples travelling to Emmaus, (<422419>Luke 24:19-21); whose trust in him, and expectation of him, as the Redeemer of Israel, were almost gone. The people of God, and believers in Christ, are described by such that “wait on the Lord”; for the coming of Christ, and salvation by him; who would be in danger of being put to shame and in confusion, when…”

“He who was despised and rejected of His own people, as a disgrace to the nation, might well use these words of deep abasement, which express not His real, but esteemed, value.”

“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 Christ. Psalms 22:7”

“22:6-8 Both the Lord and people reject the psalmist. He vividly describes his anguish (22:1-2); he lives like a lowly animal.”

“I am: Job 25:6; Isa 41:14 a reproach: Psa 31:1, Psa 69:7-12, Psa 69:19, Psa 69:20, Psa 88:8; Isa 49:7, Isa 53:3; Lam 3:30; Mat 11:19, Mat 12:24; Mat 27:20-23; Joh 7:15, Joh 7:20, Joh 7:47-49, Joh 8:48; Rev 15:3; Heb 13:12 Psalms 22:7”

“(Heb.: 22:7-9)The sufferer complains of the greatness of his reproach, in order to move Jahve, who is Himself involved therein, to send him speedy succour. Notwithstanding his cry for help, he is in the deepest affliction without rescue. Every word of Psa 22:7 is echoed in the second part of the Book of Isaiah. There, as here, Israel is called a worm, Isa 41:14; there all these traits of suffering are found in the picture of the Servant of God, Isa 49:7; Isa 53:3, cf. Isa 50:6, and especially Isa 52:14 "so marred was His appearance, that He no longer looked like a man." תּולעת is more particularly the kermes, or cochineal (vermiculus, whence color vermiculi, vermeil, vermiglio); but the…”