Psalms 22:4-6

Psalms 22:4-6. Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Think of our Divine Lord thus taking the very lowest place, and becoming, as it were, something less than man, - just that little crimson worm which has simply a life made up of blood. Christ likens himself to it as he says, "I am a worm, and no man."