Now the verses of the Psalm that follow are these: On thee our fathers hoped; they hoped, and Thou didst rescue them. Unto Thee they cried and were saved; on Thee they hoped, and were not put to shame. But I am worm and not man, the reproach of men and the people’s scorn. They show that He acknowledges as fathers them that set their hope on God and were saved by Him, persons who also were fathers of the Virgin by whom He became man and was born, while He Himself also states that He will be saved by the same God, and not as boasting that He does anything by His own counsel or might.
For also He did the same on earth. When one said to Him, Good Teacher, He answered: Why callest thou Me good? One is good, my Father who is in heaven. Now His expression I am worm and not man, a reproach of men and the people’s scorn, stated beforehand what plainly took place and happened to Him. For He is everywhere a reproach to us (that is) to the men who believe on Him, and the people’s scorn because He was scorned by your people, and dishonoured, and suffered those things which you inflicted on Him.
And the words that follow — All who beheld me mocked me, and spake with their lips, and wagged their head; He hoped on the Lord, let Him rescue him, let him save him, for He desires him — likewise foretold that these very things would happen to Him. For they that beheld Him crucified wagged each their heads and twisted their lips, and curling their nostrils to each other said in jest all that is written in the Memoirs of the Apostles: Son of God he called himself! Let him come down and walk! Let God save him!