Psalm 22:6-8

Continuing in Psalm 22 - Thoughts by Spurgeon - My thoughts in parentheses -My emphasis italicized in bold

6 But I am a worm, and no man. - "What a contrast between "I AM" and "I am a worm"! Yet such a double nature was found in the person of our Lord Jesus when bleeding upon the tree. He felt himself to be comparable to a helpless, powerless, down-trodden worm, passive while
crushed, and unnoticed and despised by those who trod upon him...This was a true likeness of himself when his body and soul had become a mass of misery ----the very essence of agony---in the dying pangs of crucifixion. Man by nature is but a worm; but our Lord puts himself even beneath man, on account of the scorn that was heaped upon him and the weakness which he felt, and therefore he adds, "and no man."...he was outlawed from the society of earth, and shut out from the smile of heaven. How utterly did the Saviour empty himself of all glory, and become of no reputation for our sakes! A reproach of men, and despised of the people. - "Sin is worthy of all reproach and contempt, and for this reason Jesus, the Sinbearer, was given up to be thus unworthily and shamefully entreated."

(The underlined words are sometimes how I feel, too, Lord.)

7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn. - "Mockery has for its distinctive description "cruel mockings;" those endured by our Lord were of the most cruel kind...Priests and people, Jews and Gentiles, soldiers and civilians, all united in the general scoff, and that at the time when he was prostrate in weakness and ready to die. Which shall we wonder at the most, the cruelty of man or the love of the bleeding Saviour? How can we ever complain of ridicule after this?

They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, - "These were gestures of contempt...men made faces at him before whom angels vail their faces and adore."

(Yes, may I remember what YOU have gone through whenever people are offended by my sensitivities or when they say it is all in my head.)

8 Saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. - "Here the taunt is cruelly aimed the sufferer's faith in God, which is the tenderest point in a good man's soul, the very apple of his eye. They must have learned
the diabolical art from Satan himself..this special piece of mockery is probably mentioned in this psalm because it is the most bitter of the whole...

(Just as my faith is questioned when modern day Job's comforters tell me "If you just had enough FAITH, you would be healed.)

When we are tormented in the same manner, let us remember him who endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, and we shall be comforted. On reading these verses one is ready, with Trapp, to ask, "Is this a prophecy or a history? " For the description is so
accurate...Jehovah had aforetime delivered those who rolled their burdens upon him: why was this man deserted? Oh that they had understood the answer! Note further, that their ironical jest, "seeing he delighted in him," was true. The Lord did delight in his dear Son, and when he was found in fashion as a man, and became obedient unto death, he still was well pleased with him. Strange mixture! Jehovah delights in him, and yet bruises him; is well pleased, and yet slays him."

(Strange, too, that I am Your child, and You love me so much and yet You let me experience all this sickness and misunderstanding. Yet I know there is REASON and PURPOSE!) Amen!