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Psalms 22:7

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

All they that see me laugh me to scorn,.... To the afflicted pity should be shown; but instead or pitying him in his distresses they laughed at him; this must be understood of the soldiers when they…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

All they that see me laugh me to scorn - They deride or mock me. On the word used here - לעג lâ‛ag - see the notes at Psa 2:4. The meaning here is to mock, to deride, to treat with scorn. The idea of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 22:1-10

Some think they find Christ in the title of this psalm, upon Aijeleth Shahar - The hind of the morning. Christ is as the swift hind upon the mountains of spices (Sol 8:14), as the loving hind and the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

laugh me to scorn LXX. ἐξεμυκτήρισαν, the word used by St Luke (Luk 23:35) of the rulers scoffing at Christ. They gape with their lips (Job 16:10; Psa 35:21); they shake the head (Psa 109:25; Lam…