Old Testament · Poetry
Psalms 22:6
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But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
About Psalms 22:6
Psalms 22:6 is one of the Bible's foundational texts on Rejection in the Bible. Found in the poetry of Psalms, this Old Testament passage has guided believers through every season of life.
Related Verses
- 1 Peter 2:4
“To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,”
- 1 Peter 2:5
“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”
- 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.”
- Psalms 27:10
“When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.”
- 1 Samuel 8:7
“And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.”
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- Naming the Rejection Before God's Election
How to Apply Psalms 22:6
Meditate on Psalms 22:6 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of Rejection in the Bible applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.