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Psalm 22:7
All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
5They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.
6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
7All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
8“He trusts in the LORD. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”
9But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.
Notice
Lips and shaking heads make contempt visible, exposing the humiliation of being seen by others who turn a person's suffering into an occasion for mockery.
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Mark 15:29Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days,Both passages describe people shaking their heads as they direct hostile words at the person they see.
Psalm 3:2Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah.Both psalms report hostile speech from many people; Psalm 3 records their claim that God will offer no help.
Jeremiah 18:16to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.Both passages describe onlookers shaking their heads, though Jeremiah concerns a devastated land and the psalm a mocked person.
Job 16:4I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,Both texts pair words against another person with shaking the head; Job describes what he could do if their positions changed.
Matthew 27:39–40Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their headsThe shaking heads and hostile speech in the psalm also appear among those passing by Jesus in Matthew.
Ephesians 2:13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.The connection is indirect: the psalm describes mockery, while Ephesians speaks of people being made near through Christ's blood.
Psalm 109:25I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.Both speakers describe being treated with contempt by people who see them and shake their heads.
Luke 23:11Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.Mockery is explicit in both passages; Luke names Herod and his soldiers as those who humiliate Jesus.
Psalm 64:8Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.Both passages include onlookers shaking their heads; Psalm 64 directs that gesture toward people ruined by their own tongues.
Matthew 27:29They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of …Both passages name mockery expressed through words and gestures; Matthew describes a crown of thorns and a mocking royal greeting.
Matthew 26:66–68What do you think?” They answered, “He is worthy of death!”Both texts record hostility toward a person, though Matthew's supplied verse gives a death verdict rather than an act of mockery.
Mark 15:20When they had mocked him, they took the purple cloak off him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.Both passages name mockery directed at a suffering person; Mark places it before Jesus is led out to be crucified.
Where this verse fits
Injustice and anger. church hurt. loneliness.
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Encouragement
The contempt is named without an excuse for those who show it. In this psalm, even the humiliation of being watched and mocked reaches God in prayer.
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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).