Psalms 44:12
Thou sell thy people for nothing, and have not increased by their price.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
In Context
11Thou have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
13Thou make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are round about us.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
Deuteronomy 32:30How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight unless their Rock had sold them, and LORD had delivered them up?
Judges 3:8Therefore the anger of LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia, And the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
Isaiah 50:1Thus says LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, with which I have put her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities ye were sold, and for your transgressions your moth
Jeremiah 15:13Thy substance and thy treasures I will give for a spoil without price. And that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:10-17
Afflicted Condition of Israel. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. 14 Thou makest us a byword… Read the whole commentary →