But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Psalm 22:6 is Christ's foretelling that men would treat Him with contempt, making Him a reproach among men and one despised by the people. The contempt foretold was not distant or abstract but personal rejection and dishonor directed against Him. The lines immediately following carry that same prophecy forward by describing the mockery and scorn that would surround Him. That mockery and scorn are presented as an appointed part of the suffering He would endure.
Psalm 22:6 is Christ's foretelling that men would treat Him with contempt, making Him a reproach among men and one despised by the people. The contempt foretold was not distant or abstract but personal rejection and dishonor directed against Him. The lines immediately following carry that same prophecy forward by describing the mockery and scorn that would surround Him. That mockery and scorn are presented as an appointed part of the suffering He would endure.