Psalms 44:14
Thou make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
In Context
13Thou make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are round about us.
15All the day long my dishonor is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
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.
2 Kings 19:21This is the word that LORD has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised thee and laughed thee to scorn. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.
Nehemiah 2:17Then I said to them, Ye see the evil condition that we are in, how Jerusalem lays waste, and the gates of it are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem that we be no more a reproach.
Job 17:6But he has made me a byword of the people, and they spit in my face.
Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are round about us.
Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
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 →