Psalms 22:6

a worm Trampled under foot, despised, defenceless. Almost every word of this verse finds a parallel in the second part of Isaiah. Jehovah's servant Israel is there called a worm (Isaiah 41:14); and the ideal representative of Israel is one whom men despise (Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 53:3); from whom they shrink with horror as scarcely human (Isaiah 52:14; Isaiah 53:2-3). Comp. too Psalms 51:7.

the people Or, people, generally; those with whom he is brought in contact.