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Psalms 22:7

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],

Psalms 22:7 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

Laugh me to scorn. From the Heb. la‘ag, “mock,” “deride,” as in Ps. 2:4 (see Mark 15:29).

Shoot out the lip. That is, draw the mouth despisingly (see Ps. 35:21).

Shake the head. As in contempt (see Ps. 44:14). What they say follows in Ps. 22:8.

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