Psalms 44:12
And the king will desire your beauty. For he is the Lord your God, and they will adore him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
In Context
11Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear. And forget your people and your father’s house.
13And the daughters of Tyre will entreat your countenance with gifts: all the rich men of the people.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:33Then I will scatter you among the Gentiles, and I will unsheathe the sword after you. And your land will be deserted, and your cities will be demolished.
Deuteronomy 32:30How is it that one pursues a thousand, and two chases ten thousand? Is it not because their God has sold them, and because the Lord has enclosed them?
Judges 3:8And the Lord, having become angry with Israel, delivered them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Mesopotamia, and they served him for eight years.
Isaiah 50:1Thus says the Lord: What is this bill of divorce for your mother, by which I have dismissed her? Or who is my creditor, to whom I have sold you? Behold, you were sold by your iniquities, and I have dismissed your mother for your wickedness.
Jeremiah 15:13Your riches and your treasures I will give over to be freely despoiled, because of all your sins, even throughout all your 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 →