I am a worm!',

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"I am a worm!" Psalm 22:6

Man is naturally vain and proud—but grace strips him and humbles him in the dust. Here the highly-favoured King David, the man after God's own heart, cries out, "I am a worm!" How little, how despicable he appeared in his own eyes!

Everyone who humbles himself—shall be exalted. You have looked at Bible saints, and have sighed out, "Ah! they were not like me!" My brother, are you not a poor, weak, worthless worm? Do you not feel so? Well, so did David. The less you are in your own eyes—the more fit you are for the Lord Jesus, and the more welcome will you be at the throne of grace! 

But this was also the language of David's Lord; this was the view the Jews had of Him, and they treated Him accordingly. Theall-glorious Son of God—is compared to a vile reptile! The express image of the Father—is treated with the greatest contempt! 

But it was for us sinful men, and for our salvation. O mystery of mercy! Jesus is reduced to a level with the worm—that we may be raised higher than the angels!