Psalms 22 · Verse 7

Psalms 22:7

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Psalms 22:7, King James Version

Psalms 22:7 in other translations

BSBAll who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
WEBAll those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
ASVAll they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
YLTAll beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip--shake the head,
DARBYAll they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying:
BBEI am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,
WebsterAll they that see me deride me: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

What does Psalms 22:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 22:7-8
7-8. For the Jews used one of the gestures (Mt 27:39) here mentioned, when taunting Him on the cross, and (Mt 27:43) reproached Him almost in the very, language of this passage. shoot out--or, "open." the lip--(Compare Psa 35:21).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Laugh me to scorn - They utterly despised me; set me at naught; treated me with the utmost contempt. Laugh to scorn is so completely antiquated that it should be no longer used; derided, despised, treated with contempt, are much more expressive and are still in common use. They shoot out the lip, they shake the head - This is applied by St. Matthew, to the conduct of the Jews towards our Lord, when he hung upon the cross; as is also the following verse. But both are primarily true of the insults which David suffered from Shimei and others during the rebellion of Absalom; and, as the cases were so similar, the evangelist thought proper to express a similar conduct to Jesus Christ by the same expressions. These insults our Lord literally received, no doubt David received the same.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 22:1-10

The Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, testifies in this psalm, clearly and fully, the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. We have a sorrowful complaint of God's withdrawings. This may be applied to any child of God, pressed down, overwhelmed with grief and terror. Spiritual desertions are the saints' sorest afflictions; but even their complaint of these burdens is a sign of spiritual…

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Psalms 22:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כָּל\־kol-allH3605
רֹ֭אַיRo.'ai[those who] see meH7200
יַלְעִ֣גוּyal.'I.guthey mockH3932
לִ֑יLi<to> me
יַפְטִ֥ירוּyaf.Ti.ruthey make a separationH6362
בְ֝שָׂפָ֗הve.sa.Fahwith a lipH8193
יָנִ֥יעוּya.Ni.'uthey shakeH5128
רֹֽאשׁ\׃Rosha headH7218

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 22:7

  • Mark 15:29

    And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

  • Matthew 27:39-40

    And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

  • Psalms 109:25

    I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

  • Luke 23:11

    And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

  • Mark 15:20

    And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

  • Matthew 27:29

    And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

  • Matthew 26:66-68

    What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

  • Psalms 44:14

    Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

  • Isaiah 53:3

    He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

  • Isaiah 57:4

    Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

  • Job 30:9-11

    And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

  • Mark 11:29-32

    And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
laugh.
35:15,16; Mt 9:24; 27:29,39; Mr 15:20,29; Lu 16:14; 23:11,35-39
shoot out. Heb. open.
31:18; Job 16:4,10; 30:9-11; Isa 57:4; Mt 26:66-68
shake.
44:14; 109:25; Isa 37:22,23; Mt 27:39,40; Mr 11:29-32

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Context

  • Psalms 22:6

    But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

  • Psalms 22:7

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

  • Psalms 22:8

    He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

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Psalms 22:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Todos los que me ven, escarnecen de mí; estiran los labios, menean la cabeza, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais moi, je suis un ver, et non point un homme; l’opprobre des hommes, et le méprisé du peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Alle, die mich sehen, spotten meiner; sie reißen die Lippen auf, schütteln den Kopf: