Psalms 44:14
All the glory of the daughter of its king is inside, in golden fringes,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
In Context
13And the daughters of Tyre will entreat your countenance with gifts: all the rich men of the people.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And you will become nothing but a proverb and a fable to all the peoples to whom the Lord will lead you.
2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the Lord has spoken about him: The virgin daughter of Zion has spurned and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind your back.
Nehemiah 2:17And so I said to them: “You know the affliction in which we are, because Jerusalem is desolate, and its gates have been consumed by fire. Come, and let us rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, and let us no longer be in disgrace.”
Job 17:6He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence.
Psalms 79:4Convert us, O God. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
Psalms 123:3perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against 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 →