Psalms 44:14
\44:13\You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
In Context
13\44:12\You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.
2 Kings 19:21This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.
Nehemiah 2:17Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.
Job 17:6He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
Psalms 79:4We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us.
Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us.
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 →