Psalms 44:13
Thou make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are round about us.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
In Context
12Thou sell thy people for nothing, and have not increased by their price.
14Thou make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where LORD shall lead thee away.
Psalms 80:6Thou make us hatred to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psalms 89:51with which thine enemies have reproached, O LORD, with which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
Isaiah 52:3For thus says LORD: Ye were sold for nothing, and ye shall be redeemed without money.
Jeremiah 48:27For was not Israel a derision to thee? Was he found among thieves? For as often as thou speak of him, thou wag the head.
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 →