Psalm 22:7-8 - Mocked

 There is this claim that the mocking that takes place in Matthew 27:29 directly fulfills a prophecy noted in Psalm 22:7-8 (Christian numbering, or 8-9 for Masoretic numbering).

So let's look at Matthew 27:29 (KJV):

"And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews."

And lets compare that to the two verses in Psalm 22:

"And all who see me deride me, their words slip out by the lip, shoot it out from the lip, their head shake, [saying]: 'Let him commit himself to YHVH, let [YHVH] rescue him! Let [YHVH] deliver him, seeing that [YHVH] delights in him!'"

Now note the differences:

1. The NT has a crown of thorns made and pressed into Jesus' head, but not in Psalm 22.
2. The NT has a fake scepter put into his head, where this doesn't occur in Psalm 22.
3. The NT has the mockers on bended knee and bowing, which doesn't occur in Psalm 22.
4. The NT has the mockers calling Jesus "King of the Jews", but not in Psalm 22.
5. Psalm 22 has the mockers basically saying "Where's your God now?!" but not in the NT.

And while the NT version is certainly a type of schoolyard mockery, playacting their view that the man was a fool who saw himself as king, and pretending to exalt him. In contrast, the version in Psalms is derisive, where it has nothing to do with him believing that he is a king, but that he believes that God will save him, which is not an idea found in the NT.

So, in short, there is no apples-to-apples comparison between the two verses in Psalm 22 and the one verse in Matthew. The details, the context, and the very tenor of the verses make them non-equivalent.

Trying to connect the two diverse narrations is an apologetical force.

So, no, Jesus and his enemies did not "fulfill" the song of Babylonian exile, which is Psalm 22.

Here's the meme: